Lyrics The Man I Was - Show Of Hands

The Man I Was

Now I might look familiar
But inside I’m not the same
And if you can’t see beneath
You’re not to blame
'Cause you still fear what I became
And I’m not denying
That you were flying
Ah, the man I was
He would have dragged you down
The man I was
He would have seized your crown
So all these years have taught me
There is always a second chance
Its forgiveness that I seek
And not romance
I’m only stretching out these hands
'Cause when danger found you
With wild wolves around you
Oh the man I was he would have gone to ground
You were in your tidal wave
With no mast or mainstay
And the man I was
He would have let you down
The man I was
He would have watched you drown
When darkness fell with storms around
The main I was just played the clown
Where drinking in some bar in town
I was no tender stanger
No desert ranger
No sturdy farmer
No knight in armour
I played the clown
I pulled you down
I watched you drown
I seized your crown
The man I was
The man I was
It’s over now it breaks my heart because
The man you see is not the man I was