Mom, I'm begging you don't be mad at me
If I just want to sleep when sunlight's seen
I opened a door and it stole my soul
What controls my core, now it's rock 'n roll

Was a shock at age 15, was a sight I'd never seen
Was a pit and bloody lip, time and time again was hit
It was Hetfield and Mustaine, it was Deftones and Mudvayne
I went down a deadly track and there is no turning back

I beg you, forgive me ma
There is no turning back
Know my life once and for all
Now it's rock 'n roll

It was Vedder and Cobain, it was Staley in his Chains
It was from the first refrain that I heard in Crazy Train
It's the Beatles and Woodstock, [bad word] Pistols and punk rock
It was everything I saw, it became my fatal flaw

Forgive me ma

Mom, I'm begging you don't be mad at me
If I just want to sleep when sunlight's seen
I opened a door and it stole my soul
What controls my core, now it's rock 'n roll

I beg you, forgive me ma
Now it's rock 'n roll
Know my life once and for all
Now it's rock 'n roll