Lyrics
The words.
**[Verse 1]**
You ironed every wrinkle
Before I ever wore the dress
You swept the broken pieces
From every room I ever left
You kissed my forehead softly
Said the world's a gentle place
So I walked outside believing
Kindness lived on every face
---
**[Pre-Chorus]**
You hid the storms behind the curtains
Called it love
Called it home
Never knowing
One day...
I'd have to face them all alone
---
**[Chorus]**
I'm the daughter of Hera
Raised inside a palace wall
Where the cracks were painted over
So I'd never see them fall
You built me from protection
Wrapped in silken honesty
But the world doesn't whisper
The way you whispered me to sleep
---
**[Verse 2]**
I never learned what death looked like
You carried all that grief yourself
You closed the door before I saw
The weight upon the highest shelf
Bills were folded into drawers
Arguments dissolved to smiles
You made survival look so easy
I believed it all the while
Then life arrived without permission
Sharp enough to split the skin
Every lesson that you sheltered
Waited patiently within
---
**[Pre-Chorus]**
I don't blame your gentle hands
For wanting better days for me
I only wish
You'd let me watch you
Learning how to bleed
---
**[Chorus]**
I'm the daughter of Hera
Raised where lightning never showed
So the first storm that found me
Almost broke me to the bone
You gave me every comfort
You gave me every dream
But no one taught me
How to stand
When the sky stopped protecting me
---
**[Bridge]**
Maybe queens
Don't cry
In front of little girls
Maybe mothers
Think they're saving us
By hiding every hurt
But daughters
Grow into women
Who mistake silence
For strength
Until the first hard truth
Takes everything
They thought they knew away
---
**[Final Chorus]**
I'm still the daughter of Hera
Still carrying your light
But now I know that love
Can wear the face
Of hard advice
If I ever have a daughter
She'll see my hands shake too
She'll know that courage
Isn't never breaking
It's letting someone
Watch you
---
**[Outro]**
I know you loved me.
I never questioned that.
I only wish...
You'd shown me
The woman
Behind the mother.
You ironed every wrinkle
Before I ever wore the dress
You swept the broken pieces
From every room I ever left
You kissed my forehead softly
Said the world's a gentle place
So I walked outside believing
Kindness lived on every face
---
**[Pre-Chorus]**
You hid the storms behind the curtains
Called it love
Called it home
Never knowing
One day...
I'd have to face them all alone
---
**[Chorus]**
I'm the daughter of Hera
Raised inside a palace wall
Where the cracks were painted over
So I'd never see them fall
You built me from protection
Wrapped in silken honesty
But the world doesn't whisper
The way you whispered me to sleep
---
**[Verse 2]**
I never learned what death looked like
You carried all that grief yourself
You closed the door before I saw
The weight upon the highest shelf
Bills were folded into drawers
Arguments dissolved to smiles
You made survival look so easy
I believed it all the while
Then life arrived without permission
Sharp enough to split the skin
Every lesson that you sheltered
Waited patiently within
---
**[Pre-Chorus]**
I don't blame your gentle hands
For wanting better days for me
I only wish
You'd let me watch you
Learning how to bleed
---
**[Chorus]**
I'm the daughter of Hera
Raised where lightning never showed
So the first storm that found me
Almost broke me to the bone
You gave me every comfort
You gave me every dream
But no one taught me
How to stand
When the sky stopped protecting me
---
**[Bridge]**
Maybe queens
Don't cry
In front of little girls
Maybe mothers
Think they're saving us
By hiding every hurt
But daughters
Grow into women
Who mistake silence
For strength
Until the first hard truth
Takes everything
They thought they knew away
---
**[Final Chorus]**
I'm still the daughter of Hera
Still carrying your light
But now I know that love
Can wear the face
Of hard advice
If I ever have a daughter
She'll see my hands shake too
She'll know that courage
Isn't never breaking
It's letting someone
Watch you
---
**[Outro]**
I know you loved me.
I never questioned that.
I only wish...
You'd shown me
The woman
Behind the mother.