Man down   This hardened shell is broken   My fate is bound to what I’ve done   Regrets – I shuffle down the hallway   Precious time – It’s all gone overboard   Here is your calm down pill   I’ll never be the same – It’ll never be the same   With eyes wide open – My body’s floating down the river   This live – What have I confined you for? It’s all inside – It’s all in silence   When the raven gets its way   A Million thoughts are swept away   And then you leave it all   You leave it all behind      And maybe next time we’ll meet again   And maybe I’ll be less of a bitter man   When I feel more   I refuse to pay the ferryman – I’m so attached to my temple   He has to burn it down to get me   Ebony demon, shriek all you want – I’m not tagging along   The shade, the burning blackness – It is my protector   Fear before the fall – I can’t grasp it all   But at least I’m trying   A light, a smoldering cinder   Getting colder, ashen   And letting all this go   I’m not letting go   I’m not really done here   I won’t let go   Life’s to short to be wrong   And maybe next time we’ll meet again   And maybe I’ll be less of a bitter man   And if I could do it all over again   I’d be the same man all over again   When I feel more