Family Tree - Jewel

Mama, I see your face now

In the mirror

It’s getting clearer

Daddy, all those things I said I wouldn’t do

I’ve been drawn to

'Cause I looked up to you

And I’ve loved you through this tangled legacy

Tracing the twisted roots of our family tree

I stayed strong like you did

I moved on like you did

And I wound up tough as stone like you did

If I don’t learn to bend, I know I’m going to break

Like you did

Lover, I must forgive you

I confused you

With what I couldn’t see

Inside of me

Dark things pulling

Not evolving

Made a puppet out of me

And you came with your own history

Both caught in the branches of our family tree

But I stayed strong like you did

I moved on like you did

And I wound up all alone like you did

If I don’t learn to bend, I know I’m going to break

Just like you did

I love you but I need to look at who we’ve been

Take the fruit but choose the seeds I scatter in the wind

That’s the job of the kid

To do better than our parents did

So I’ll stay strong like you did

And I’ll move on like you did

But I won’t hide from the truth like you did

I’m learning to bend so I won’t break

And you can bet I’ll teach my child that love will always find a way

Just like you did