Oh, Gloria - The Sleeping

Mother’s love, cornered and shaking up

The sun, bright on such a violent day

See the blood on the shattered dinner plates

Six years old, frozen still

I couldn’t watch your rolling eyes escape

I could never be this brave without your face

Oh, I owe you everything

Oh, Gloria, oh, oh, everything

Oh, I owe you everything

Devil’s hands, wrapped tight around your neck

My feet kicking in defensive ways

Yeah, I can still envision blood on the shattered dinner plates

You sprung up… had enough

A second wind until the sirens came

I would never be this brave without your face

Oh, I owe you everything

Oh, Gloria, oh, oh, everything

Oh, I owe you everything

Yeah, I could never be this brave without your face

Oh, I owe you everything

Oh, Gloria, oh, oh, everything

Oh, I owe you everything