Mother's Son

(Verse)

Every mum loves their son

Remember that the next time you’re loading up a gun

Cock it back, make it blow, and then you run

Breaking a maternal bond holier to some

Than the Lord Jesus and Mary Magdalen

But our mum’s mind doesn't bear imagining

The subject I’m tackling, left to cry tears while they're screaming

"Is this really even happening?"

Every young soldier killed in the field

Never perish than a hail of bullets on his own

The shrapnel tore holes through his whole home

To leave the mother of his first-born's heart broke

You can never really hurt one person

Only damage everything they love and know

So next time you see red, think slow

Before you strip another woman of a soul

(Hook)

We're all just children trying to grow up here

We crawl to our feet and we try to run

Don’t be one of the fallen

Our world has just begun

In the end we’re all just flesh and blood, all said and done

We’re all our mother’s sons

(Verse 2)

Whether you’re rich or poor

Live like a king or you’re sleeping on an old, cold concrete floor

Somewhere in your city

Nearly every man has got a mother he adores

But when the time comes to leave the nest

We have to learn to fly alone and fight our own wars

Through the trouble, there will always be scars

Some men survive, but for some, it's closed doors

Today is like I don’t know what to say

Looking in the face the whole human race

In dismay I think that we forget

We all evolved from the first strands of DNA

Creating many types of men

Thinkers and fighters, and men of different shades

Opinions, measurements, shapes

And all within their mother’s eyes we’ll be great

(Hook)

We're all just children trying to grow up here

We crawl to our feet and we try to run

Don’t be one of the fallen

Our world has just begun

In the end we’re all just flesh and blood, all said and done

We’re all our mother’s sons

(Bridge)

Let me take the opportunity to say

I tell my loved ones I love them every day

We're all children of the planet trying to grow

While the hours and the minutes slip away

Some try hard and fight for the right path

Some stroll into glory like it’s fate

But whatever life decides

The cards you've been dealt shouldn't fuel you with hate

(Hook)

We're all just children trying to grow up here

We crawl to our feet and we try to run

Don’t be one of the fallen

Our world has just begun

In the end we’re all just flesh and blood, all said and done

We’re all our mother’s sons

We're all just children trying to grow up here

We crawl to our feet and we try to run

Don’t be one of the fallen

Our world has just begun

In the end we’re all just flesh and blood, all said and done

We’re all our mother’s sons