Man I Am

Oh if I die an old man and you\'re standing by my grave, hope I gave you everything you wanted babe

But if I\'m cut down in my prime before the world can know my name, hope I still kept all the promises I made

Oh death don\'t let you choose, when I\'m wide awake in bed these thoughts start running through my head

Everytime I look at you, I just pray that one day you see truth

That I was lost in the dark

couldn\'t see my northern star

like a sad clown just laughing through the pain

got my back off the wall

shined my boots I\'m walking tall

but they way I walk ain\'t the only thing that\'s changed

please don\'t leave before you see what I\'ve become

you did your best to try to love the man I was

If you think holding onto me\'s a losing bet

in my defense all due respect just look again

you might just see the man i am

the man i am

if the world crumbles around us and it all goes up in flames

I hope that I\'m the one that you would choose

to hold you in his arms and tell you not to be afraid

cuz darling thats the last thing that I ever hope I do

sometimes death don\'t let you prove

I just pray that one day you see the truth oh lord

That I was lost in the dark

couldn\'t see my northern star

like a sad clown just laughing through the pain

got my back off the wall

shined my boots I\'m walking tall

but they way I walk ain\'t the only thing that\'s changed

please don\'t leave before you see what I\'ve become

you did your best to try to love the man I was

If you think holding onto me\'s a losing bet

in my defense all due respect just look again

you might just see the man i am

the man i am

If you forgive the man I was

then you can start to love the man I am\"