Pink Floyd’s “Mother” Can Help Us Understand Conscious Parenting
Zen Pop
Todd and Cathy Adams
4.9 • 637 Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2014
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Mother do you think they’ll drop the bomb? That’s the first line in this epic song. We disect the lyrics and use it to help understand conscious parenting. Roger Water’s song (on the show we use the Natalie Maines version) points out that parents can have the best intentions when “protecting” their children, but if done unconsciously, or with lack of self awareness, it can backfire.
Full Lyrics to Mother:
Mother do you think they’ll drop the bomb
Mother do you think they’ll like the song
Mother do you think they’ll try to break my balls
Ooooh aah, Mother should I build a wall
Mother should I run for president
Mother should I trust the government
Mother will they put me in the firing line
Ooooh aah, is it just a waste of time
Hush now baby, baby don’t you cry
Mama’s gonna make all of your
Nightmares come true
Mama’s gonna put all of her fears into you
Mama’s gonna keep you right here
Under her wing
she won’t let you fly but she might let you sing
Mama will keep baby cosy and warm
Ooooh Babe Ooooh Babe Ooooh Babe
Of course Mama’s gonna help build the wall
Mother do think she’s good enough for me
Mother do think she’s dangerous to me
Mother will she tear your little boy apart
Oooh aah, mother will she break my heart
Hush now baby, baby don’t you cry
Mama’s gonna check out all your girl friends for you
Mama won’t let anyone dirty get through
Mama’s gonna wait up till you get in
Mama will always find out where
You’ve been
Mamma’s gonna keep baby healthy and clean
Ooooh Babe Ooooh Babe Ooooh Babe
You’ll always be a baby to me
Mother, did it need to be so high….
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | All right, here we go. My name's Todd Adams. |
| 0:07.3 | This is Kathy Adams. |
| 0:08.0 | Welcome back to Zen Parenting Radio. So glad you joined us. This is episode number 175. |
| 0:13.9 | What is Zen Parenting Radio, you may ask? It is a discussion between a spiritual and emotional mom. |
| 0:19.1 | That's you, sweetie. |
| 0:22.6 | And a logical and practical dad, that's me. |
| 0:24.4 | We have three daughters, ages 6, 9, and 11. |
| 0:27.6 | And our goal is to give you the resource to become a better parent, but more importantly, to become a better you. |
| 0:29.0 | And don't never forget that the best predictor of a child's well-being is a parent's self-understanding. understanding. So we had some ideas for the show and you just totally threw me a curveball, |
| 0:39.5 | but it's a good curveball. Um, my sweetie and I have, who threw you a curveball? You did. Oh, |
| 0:44.3 | okay. My sweetie and I have an interesting relationship with my desire for music and I love Pink Floyd. |
| 0:50.6 | And there are some Pink Floyd songs that you adore, like on The Turning Away. |
| 0:55.5 | We can do another show on The Turning Away. |
| 0:58.3 | But you just walked in and you said, let's do a show on this song, Mother. |
| 1:03.3 | And we're also going to talk about conscious parenting. |
| 1:05.1 | So for this show, we are going to talk about how the song Mother relates to conscious parenting. |
| 1:10.7 | And I think it's, song Mother relates to conscious parenting. |
| 1:17.4 | And I think it's, I was listening to music yesterday, which, you know, one thing I used to love to do, |
| 1:22.6 | I'm sure many of you can relate, is to either be in my car and listen to music or just to sit and listen to what was at one time a Walkman and then a disc man and then an iPod, you know, whatever. |
| 1:28.9 | And just listen to music and just sit there and relax. |
| 1:31.3 | And I just don't do that much anymore. |
| 1:32.9 | So that was a Mother's Day gift to myself. |
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