"It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" lyrics

Darkness at the break of noon
Shadows even the silver spoon
The handmade blade, the child's balloon
Eclipses both the sun and moon
To understand you know too soon
That there's no sense in trying

Advertising signs that con you into thinking you're the one
That can do what's never been done
That can win what's never been won
Meantime, life outside goes on
All around you, woah

Some win victory, some downfall
Private reasons, great or small
Can be seen in the eyes of those that call
To make all that should be killed to crawl
While others say don't hate nothing at all
Except hatred

Temptation's page flies out the door
You follow, find yourself at war
Watch waterfalls of pity roar
You feel to moan, but unlike before
You discover you'd just be one more
One more person crying

Words work like bullets bark
Cloud human gods aim for their marks
They make everything from toy guns that spark
To flesh-colored Christs that glow in the dark
It's easy to see without looking too far
Not much is really sacred no more, no more

Preachers preach of evil fates
Teachers teach that knowledge waits
Can lead to hundred-dollar plates
For goodness hides behind its gates
But even the President of the United States
Sometimes must have to stand naked

It's alright, ma, it's alright, mama, I'm only trying
It's alright, mama, mama
Oh, mama, mama, mama
Mama, it's alright
It's alright
It's alright mama, mama it's alright
It's alright now, it's alright now
It's alright mama, mama, mama it's alright
It's alright mama, mama it's alright
It's alright mama, mama, mama it's alright mama
Mama, don't worry mama
I'm only trying mama, mama, mama, it's alright now