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Wretched Man

Wretched Man lyrics by Marcus Mumford. The things I don't want to do, I just keep doing The things I want to do, I can't do What a wretched man I am becoming...

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Wretched Man

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The things I don't want to do, I just keep doing

The things I want to do, I can't do

What a wretched man I am becoming

What a wretched man I have become

Who will save me

From this body of death that is looming

From this funeral parlor I keep on seeing

In the corner of my eye while pointing my gun

In the corner of my mind while ignoring the sun

It's coming for me, it's coming for me

But what you ask just cannot be done

A spineless heart is what I've become

The weight on my back is just too heavy

A holy life just wasn't for me

Keep smearing my heart, all over my sleeve

Someone comes and wipes it off and takes it from me

What's left is hardly mine but just a shadow of myself

For I find that I'm entwined, in a battle over my health

And I can't win, and I can't win

But what you ask just cannot be done

A weight heart is what I've become

The sweat on my back was just too heavy

A holy life just wasn't for me, a holy life just wasn't for me

But what you ask just cannot be done

A spineless heart is what I've become

The weight on my back was just too heavy

You say a holy life still waits for me

You say a holy life still waits for me

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