Savior Complex Sister

from My Name by Siena Christie

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There used to be a face behind this mask
There used to be a place that felt like home behind this door
There used to be a voice inside this empty shell
Singing songs on a golden shore

Someone to hold your broken church together
To help you bring your lost believers back
Somebody young and fresh and inexpensive
A smiling face, even a painted mask

All of my life I’ve wanted love so badly
I’d sign my name in ink for anyone
I wouldn’t say you took advantage of me
Most prayers have answers; yours was a trick question

But there used to be a face behind this mask
There used to be a place that felt like home behind this door
There used to be a voice inside this empty shell
Singing songs on a golden shore

I wonder who you were before life told you
That you’re just the sum of what you take or give
Somebody told me that they used to know you
With wild red hair, playing outside with kids

I wish I weren’t ashamed of my own reflection
I wish it didn’t hurt to hear my name
I wish you’d never said the things you said to me
And it makes me sorry to think you’ve been through the same

’Cause… (chorus)

Your cheeks are red from all the times you’ve turned them
Your hands are red from all the cheeks they’ve turned
And all those lessons that you preach to children
Are ones that you yourself have yet to learn

What does it take to save a would-be savior?
What would it take to save the one who tried?
Was it to watch these fools he left behind him
Dressing up as him, was that why Jesus died?

Well, … (chorus 3x)

I wonder who your children think their mother is
I wonder who my mother thinks I am
I’d resurrect you if I had the power
But all I want is to see my own face again

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from My Name, released May 29, 2019

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