[Verse 1]
Don’t go switching sides
We were always best of friends
But now I treat you like a gentleman
You run and hide
[Refrain]
Searching for a better life
No one will love you like your mother would
No one will be there like a brother should
[Verse 2]
Every time you phone
You’re full of shit
But babe, I’d never screen your calls
I ain’t got time, who’s crazy now?
I leave a key to keep you on the line
And you can dump your shit with me
[Chorus]
I’m searching for a better life
No one will love me like a mother would
No one will be there like a brother should
[Verse 3]
Don’t go switching sides
We were never really best of friends
You never treat me like a gentleman
You bought a ring for another guy
And now you’re showing me
If you weren’t pretty would I sell myself to you?
It’s kinda shitty that I went through hell for you
[Chorus]
I’m searching for a better life
No one will love me like a mother would
No one will be there like a brother should
I’m searching for a better life
No one will love me like a mother would
No one will be there like a brother should (Ah)
[Interlude]
[Chorus]
I’m searching for a better life
I’m gonna love you like a mother would
I’m gonna be there like a brother should
I’m searching for a better life
And I'ma love you like a mother would
And I'ma be there like a brother should
Mother was written by Tom Switlek & Oscar Dawson & Lachlan Jones & James Vann & Cameron Little.
Mother was produced by Oscar Dawson.
Working with Oscar was like having an older brother in the band, a fifth member who related so well with us lads, the songs and how we wanted to record them
— Jimmy Vann
I had both verses written for this song then it sat on the back burner for quite some time before it came to any sort of fruition. I was showing our producer Oscar Dawson some tracks I had been writing and I pulled it out to try to bring it to life again. We got guitar-heavy and worked on a big riff...