Synthetic Vegetable Soup

maia rowan

Lyrics:

When I was a kid we visited your friend in the hospital And I gave her a kiss on the cheek

That was before I thought hard about anything

And when I was 12 and you were in China

Dad went to the hospital I didn’t hate them then cause I didn’t know anything

And I didn’t think about it much except that it was interesting

But now I’m sitting in your hospital room

Drinking synthetic vegetable soup

Straight out of the bowl cause it’s more efficient than using a spoon

And anything goes in a hospital room

I miss mom with hair who smelled like airplanes and leather jackets

When she got back from a business trip

I’d look up when her flight landed and count down the minutes

Now my head’s full of cotton balls

And yours is full of Taxol

It makes you smell like smoke

I don’t remember what you used to smell like before

But when I was a kid I’d sleep with your sweater

Cause it smelled like you made me feel better

But now I’m sitting in your hospital room

Drinking synthetic vegetable soup

Straight out of the bowl cause it’s more efficient than using a spoon

And anything goes in a hospital room

Sitting on a window seat

Staring at the parking lot below

I see the whole wide world through a fourth floor window

People are ants from up here

There’s a lady in a pink sweater

I want to go home but I can’t drive

So I’m stuck here and I’m slowly losing my mind

Cause I am sitting in your hospital room

Drinking synthetic vegetable soup

Straight out of the bowl cause it’s more efficient than using a spoon

And anything goes in a hospital room

Maia Rowan is a senior singer-songwriter major at Interlochen Arts Academy from Aptos, California. She's been writing songs since she was 9. In March 2021, she released her debut EP, Fantasy, and she's currently working on a concept album. This song is about the time her mom spent in the hospital.