I Buried the Man I Was 2

Intro

Verse 1 I saw him in the mirror, But he wouldn’t look at me Same old eyes I used to wear, Before they learned to bleed He had my mama’s soft hands, Had my daddy’s jaw But the world don’t spare the gentle, So I buried him raw

Pre-Chorus I didn’t need a shovel, Didn’t need no stone Just one more broken promise, And one more night alone

Chorus I buried the man I was, Where no flowers grow Laid him down in the blacktop dust, Where the lost things go I buried the man I was, But he don’t rest too deep Some nights I hear him calling From underneath my feet

Verse 2 He used to pray for better days, Used to fight for love Used to think a sinner’s heart Could still be cleaned with blood But I watched the world take good men, And teach them how to crawl So I put mercy in a matchbox, And I burned it all

Pre-Chorus I didn’t mean to kill him, But I watched him disappear Every time I swallowed pain, Every time I called it fear

Chorus I buried the man I was, Where no flowers grow Laid him down in the blacktop dust, Where the lost things go I buried the man I was, But he don’t rest too deep Some nights I hear him calling From underneath my feet He still knows my name, He still knows my name The shadow wears my face, But he still knows my name

Bridge If I could dig him up tonight, I don’t know what I’d say Maybe, “Boy, you were too soft For the hell that came your way” I buried the man I was, Where no flowers grow Laid him down in the blacktop dust, Where the lost things go I buried the man I was, But he don’t rest too deep Some nights I hear him calling From underneath my feet I buried the man I was, But he still haunts my chest He was the last good thing in me, And I laid him down to rest

Outro I didn’t become the shadow all at once. I just stopped digging myself back up.

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