Fix You

I hate you and I love you
Sometimes I think you care
But then something will happen
To turn me to despair
You turn against your daughter
The one who tries to help
And when you see you've made me cry
You curse my name to 'hell'
I know you're schizophrenic
And can't stop the things you say
But it just keeps hurting, more and more
I want to run away
But it's like I’m in a mouse-trap
I can't leave you alone
Why is it always better when
I call you on the phone?
Why do you change so quickly?
Why do you target me?
Is it because you love me
That you will not let me be?
Is it because you hate me
That you play these twisted games?
Or is that you maybe have a
Burning need to blame?
You twist my mind and feelings
You bruise me like a plum
You set yourself on fire
Soaked in Caribbean Rum
Remember all the times I saw the needle in the hay?
You'd wake a little drowsy
Like it was just another day
And for times I’d beg you
To take the pills you need
And for the times you wouldn't
And for the times you'd bleed
You cut your skin so deeply
And pray the colours run
But all I’d ever wanted
Was just to fix you, Mum.