I was born with my hand in a fist 我出生时我的手握拳

And my eyes shut tight 我的眼睛紧闭

Any wonder that I cannot resist 任何疑问，我无法抗拒

Punchin' blindly in a fight Punchin “盲目地在战斗

The first time I saw swans flyin' to the sun 我第一次看到天鹅飞翔“在阳光下

I wanted to be one 我想成为1

   

Like every mother's son 像每一个母亲的儿子

When I saw my life had begun 当我看到我的生活已经开始

I wanted to be someone 我想成为的人

Like my brother and my one and only father 像我的哥哥和我唯一的父亲

And like every mother's son 而像每一个母亲的儿子

   

I was raised within a cause 我是在一个凸起的原因

With a purpose to fulfill 有目的的实现

I was taught to defend what was mine 我被教导要捍卫什么是我的

And instructed not to kill 并指示不杀

My small mortal eyes can see eternity 我的小凡人的眼睛能看到永恒

In the clouds that dissolve and then regroup endlessly 在云中的溶解，然后重新组合不休

   

Like every mother's son 像每一个母亲的儿子

When a man showed me how to use a gun 当一个男人向我展示了如何使用枪

I wished I'd never need one 我真希望我从来没有需要一个

Like my brother and my one and only father 像我的哥哥和我唯一的父亲

And like every mother's son 而像每一个母亲的儿子

   

Everything in domesticity 家庭生活中的一切

Assumes it's role better than me 假设它的作用比我好

I'm a displaced person whose culture let me down 我是一个流离失所的人的文化让我失望

I raise my own daughters in a pornographic town 我提出我自己的女儿在一个色情镇

   

Like every mother's son 像每一个母亲的儿子

I've lost some and some I've won 我已经失去了一些，有些我已经赢了

Now I'm waiting for a new dawn 现在，我在等待新的曙光

Like my brother and my one and only father 像我的哥哥和我唯一的父亲

And like every mother's son 而像每一个母亲的儿子