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Artist: Brennan Savage
Canonical path: /brennan-savage/the-man-i-was
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The Man I Was
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The Man I Was
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Punkstar
Like the sky without the sun
How do you feel
How do you feel
When you wake up in the morning right next to me? (right next to me)
Where would you rather be? (where would you rather be?)
'Cause I could tell that you think of someone else
When you lie with me (lie with me)
Who would you rather see (rather see)
Now I know that I am not the man I was when I met you
Ones I lost the pain it caused
If only we knew it would change them too
When the friend you love is gone
And you can never share another conversation
It's a struggle to hang on
It will change your mind
Terminal mutations
When I leave this life, will you speak of me at all?
Will you tell about when I fell, or the times that I stood tall?
So when I'm gone for good
How will you remember me? (you remember me?)
Will you recall the man I was
Or just the man that I came to be? (man that I came to be)
This year has been so dark
Like the sky without the sun
Or some time without the one you love
This year has been so hard
Like to breathe without a lung
Or to speak without a tongue
You can't (can't)
Like the sky without the sun
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