Grandma

I'm overmatched, undermanned

I'm trying hard to understand

Crushed beneath and once of hope and flattened by your heavy hand

I know you're giving it your everything, you're letting me down.

You she's gone for the good of all of us

And so I should be thankful for the light that lies ahead and be it understood

That I have everything while everything is letting me down.

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You say in love we tend to hide

We lose ourselves, we die inside

Devotion takes the place of self reliance

Soon will follow pride

And that is why I cannot listen to you

Grandma not now.

I never lost myself at all

I may have slipped, I didnt fall

I never hid, I didn't die, my pride's intact

I'm standing tall

I gave her everything till everything was letting her down.

I don't know if she understands,

Or ever will

But I know that we're better off,

And better still.

Ohhhh

I hear that she's laughing more,

Then she had been

So I know thather bitter heart

Is sweat again.

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May it put your mind to rest

My worry lies with her investing

All she had in someone so alone

Is not the healthiest

Not that I grew, not that i thrived

Beside a woman so sour.

Oh I had more to give, I know

I guess I just assumed she'd lower

Certain expectations given life

Had flung me to and thro

And it was all that I could do to stop

From shutting right down.

I should have told her, I confess

Your bitter heart is such a mess

And every little drop of blood,

And ounce of love, a pound of stress

She never mentioned that was something

That was bringing her down.

I dont know if she understands,

Or ever will

But I know that she's better off,

And better still

Ohhhh

I hear that she's laughing more

Than she had been

So I know that her bitter heart

Is sweet again.