A Thousand Little Cuts Lyrics

She just took a swing at me

Said I was so ungrateful

And didn't understand a thing

She slams the door in my face

And can't remember there were hugs and kisses

Just minutes before

She couldn't wait to see me

How nice to see you sweetie

How could you leave me in place like this

She yells across the empty hall

At nothing at all

(She was my all)

Now she's close to being

Nothing at all

Nothing at all

Nothing

This is your mother on Alzheimer's

A little present

That'll drag your pleasant memories through hellfire

A thousand little cuts

That'll cut the little heart out of your desire

To live one minute past the time that you don't remember

And you're nothing at all

Nothing at all

She'd die at her behavior

Knowing that it caused me pain

Can't she choose another flavor

Without confusion, loss of reason

Worse every season

Is it too much to ask

To let her read to her granddaughter

And water all her flowers

Do whatever she fuckin' wants

Instead of doing nothing at all

I don't need it all

I just don't want her to be

Nothing at all

Nothing at all

This is your mother on Alzheimer's

A little present

That'll drag your pleasant memories through hellfire

A thousand little cuts

That'll cut the little heart out of your desire

To live one minute past the time that you don't remember

And you're nothing at all

Nothing at all

Without a voice

You're just wasting away

Without a choice

You're just wasting away

No joyful noise

Just wasting away, wasting away

(I still hold you in my heart's song)

This is your mother on Alzheimer's

A little present

That'll drag your pleasant memories through hellfire

A thousand little cuts

That'll cut the little heart out of your desire

To live one minute past the time when you don't remember

And you're nothing at all

Nothing at all