Mother Knows

Intro

shh-shh (mother’s home)

shh-shh (don’t you roam)

Verse

staircase creaks under boots so worn

curtains twitch like they’ve been torn

knife in the drawer keeps its own little score

shadows lean when the shower runs warm

norman talks through the cracks in the door

“she won’t let me, she won’t let me anymore”

Verse

birds on the wall got glass for eyes

stuff ’em, mount ’em, watch ’em die

smile at the desk while the register clicks

keys on a chain, room number six

mother’s voice in the back of his head

“they’re all the same, they’re all the same, they’re all the same”

Verse

faucet drips like a slow heartbeat

mirror fogs up with somebody’s heat

hand on the knob, breath held tight

one wrong move and the blade takes flight

norman smiles with a face not his own

“mother’s only protecting what’s already gone”

Chorus

mother knows, mother sees (oh-oh)

mother swings when the lights go (oh-oh)

knife goes down, blood runs free (yeah)

norman’s gone, but she’s still me

mother knows, mother sees (oh-oh)

mother swings when the lights go (oh-oh)

knife goes down, blood runs free (yeah)

norman’s gone, but she’s still me