Man Alive

We were waking up

There was some blood coming from my mouth

And a little fear my heart

I knew the concern you were showing

As my lover dying in thought

As my breath became so shallow and sparse

It's been a long time since then

But I could feel myself repairing

Before I began to damage myself again

And I conceded my father and my brother just as well

We cannot escape the cause of this lifestyle

My breath is a hammer

My insides are taxed like an anvil

My heartbeat's a tremor

And I have not love but for nicotine

And I was sick all of the winter and summer aren't more the same

Was always sweatstained and frozen

Yet hot like an engine

And with sleep came the cursing

You know I... [???]

I [???] like hands clasp themselves with conviction

There is little a man can do

When his body is bent on a reckoning

These wounds can be hidden so well

Yeah [?] like a demon

And I can hear it in my voice, oh Lord

Can't you hear it too?

And it scares me almost to tears

As I know it will take you

My breath is a hammer

My insides are taxed like an anvil

My heartbeat's a tremor

And I have not love but for nicotine

My breath is a hammer

My insides are taxed like an anvil

My heartbeat's a tremor

And I have not love but for nicotine