Man of Action

Hold me, my child

Like I'm the one that needs holding

Lord knows I've been wild

Now I'm trying to get to golden

Life, it ain't so long

When all you've ever done is live it

And if I still had a damn

You know I still wouldn't give it

I saw myself fall silently

Millennium of venom spilling out of me

Never thought I'd be out for so long

Thought I was a man of action

Now I can't get on without that distraction

I've been bruised and burned

I've been alone with the night around me

But it came time to take my turn

I ran until the devil found me

But there's no sense in holding on

There's no use in crying

I ain't the first, won't be the last

Man who's had a hard time dying

I saw myself fall silently

Millennium of venom spilling out of me

Never thought I'd be out for so long

Thought I was a man of action

Now I can't get on without that distraction

Take my word with a grain of dirt

Burn my body so it isn't heavy

Release me to the earth

My life, my work, my legacy