Mother, mother found me on her step
Gracious mother held me to her breast
Until the day I started pushin'
Too late to cry, she turned away
I started pushin'
I saw no future in this lack
I started pushin' forward back

Baby brother clinging to her hair
Gracious, pleading not another
Soul to bare, he started pushin'
All my kings have fallen down
I started pushin'
Fallen heroes feed the ground
I started pushin' forward back

Falling down, now I know her
I know I'll never drown
I was pushin' forward back

Writer(s): Jeffrey Allen Ament, Christopher J. Cornell, Stone C. Gossard