Mother
You made me stable
You made me able
Well, able to sell myself
You knew the poison
Girls set their eyes on
On their horizon
And every girl came back to me
They knew I loved to watch them fail
Mock their tears again
Dragging on their chains
They knew I loved to watch them fail
And that's the reason they're all coming home
Elbow
Though only you know
Just how to please me
I'm going to make you scrub the wall
Hello
You seem so shallow
Please will you bully me
And introduce me to some scum?
They knew I loved to watch them fail
Mock their tears again
Dragging on their chains
They knew I loved to watch them fail
And that's the reason they're all coming home
I wish I was a ballerina
They never seem to talk at all
I wish they'd left me deaf and dumb
And spoke no nonsense to my pram
Baby
Why don't you hate me?
You can create through me
Don't you even hate yourself?
Maybe
Why don't you hurt me?
Why not desert me?
I do it for yourself, you know
They knew I loved to watch them fail
Mock their tears again
Dragging on their chains
They knew I loved to watch them fail
And that's the reason they're all coming home