Mama și copilu

[Verse 1]
I wasn’t asking for the world, Mom—just your arms around me.
I waited by the door; you came in, but your mind was somewhere else.
I learned to stop asking, stop crying, make no sound,
And thought your busy hands meant I didn’t matter.
You thought my silence meant I didn’t need you;
I was still that child, waiting to be seen.

[Chorus]
I didn’t need the world, Mom, just a little of you:
A hand, a hug, “I’m here, my child.”
You gave your love in all you did;
I needed to feel it, too.

[Verse 2]
Now you see the moments when I needed you close,
While you carried your worries, your weariness, your wounds.
I’m sorry I wasn’t there; that doesn’t undo what you felt.
And, Mom, I see the child you were, the weight you carried unseen.
I won’t rewrite your past or put you on trial;
You see me now, and I see you.

[Chorus]
We loved in different languages and lost each other there;
You thought you were beside me—I was wishing you’d come near.
Maybe we found each other late, but we can still hold hands;
The child who waited and the mother who didn’t know meet here.

[Bridge]
“Why didn’t you hold me?” “I didn’t know how much you needed.”
“Why didn’t you ask how I felt?” “I didn’t know my own.”
“Why were you so far away?” “I was lost inside my life.”
“And now?” “Now I see you.” “And I see you, Mom.”

[Outro]
We can’t change yesterday; we can stay here today.
Come to me, my child. “I’m here, Mom.”