mother can you hold me together it s so dark and i m losin my way i took all of these detours to find love but when i did it just faded away now what do i do with this sweet love of mine do i give it away and hope someday i ll find someone half as awake as the moon and the stars mother teach me to love with a paper thin heart mother your words are so healing you speak of love and of light and of peace but i ve made it my course to avoid you just to hide from these feelings of grief now what do i do with this sweet love of mine do i give it away and hope someday i ll find someone half as awake as the moon and the stars mother teach me to love with a paper thin heart now what do i do with this sweet love of mine do i give it away and hope someday i ll find someone half as awake as the moon and the stars mother teach me to love with a paper thin heart mother i know you are with me you were there when i took my first breath i can t stop looking back for the answers i just keep coming up with regret there are some things i just can t forget