My mother's mother's mother's mother's mother Must have been as wild as the sea A rebellion that she bled to bring Out of me 'Cause my mother's mother's mother's mother's mother Is calling me To remember what it cost to be free My mother's mother's mother's mother's mother Must have said a prayer for me A surrender from the depths of her certainty That my mother's mother's mother's mother's mother Would one day be A reflection of the world she dreamed Can you feel it in the night Can you see the white flags burn Do you hear the feral cry Of their steady slow return? My mother's mother's mother's mother's mother Must be scared to believe That the road we've got ahead is the road we need My mother's mother's mother's mother's mother Might have been naive But my mother's mother's mother's mother's mother Has faith in me