The After-Effect Doesn't Carry the Same Sweetness

And snakes hide in shallow waters
getting stuck in the gripping mud
Can someone forgive me?
Look past all I've done?
Mama I've cried and cried and cried
Would you please take me back home?
you won't hold me again
Mama thrown out in this river
To the touch I'm cold as stone
Mama all the way on the otherside
Can you still hear me call for home?