Album: This Bright Hour

Anita's Heart

She tells you how her canyon walks
Can ease a mother's fear.
The trails and big groves comfort her;
She feels close to God out there.

But that's just how she makes it through; She's given up a lot inside.
And even in those spreading trees,
She'll still break down and cry.

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She's praying again her daughter will land with both feet on the ground.
Nobody knows which way she'll go, or if she'll ever come around.
Maybe this time she'll finally find the pieces that have come apart.
And there'll be no more breaking, no more breaking either heart.

She carries around a photograph
Of her beautiful, coltish girl.
In a big white shirt, her head tossed back -
A free spirit in this world.

You want to forget all that she's done
And all she's compromised.
You can close your eyes and believe that now
She's the same girl in disguise.

Chorus

Her mothers heart, wide as the sea,
Would rock her back on a rising tide.
She cradles the memory, then lets it go...
She has to leave the girl behind.

Chorus
There'll be no more breaking, (3x)
No more breaking either heart.