I woke up this morning,with ribbons in my bed
I could not remember how they had got there
Just the warmth from someone's body gone
My body's aching, my mind it cannot rest
My thoughts are vacant, there's a rattle in my chest
Too old to be playing these games again
I was hoping to change, just I never did
And now I'm kicking the cage, to get rid of it
Hands full of splinters, there's timber in my skin
You'd probably hate this, but I am used to it
I cannot fake it, but I do
Held down in some late-night bar
Where the pretty girls know who you are
Trying to find your heart in all those hopeless faces
And I was hoping to change, just I never did
Now I'm kicking the cage, right in front of it
I'm so sick of the rage, I can't get rid of it
And with nobody to blame, I'm in the thick of it
- And I walk as a man alone
So what you're chasing
You think is noble and right
I guess you'll learn in time
You're not entitled to anything
So won't you hand me the reigns, for the thrill of it
You see I got what it takes, just to handle it
Won't you tell me I'm great, I'm in need of it
It's not a question of blame, so stand in front of it
And I walk as a man alone, oh I walk as a man alone
No I walk as a man alone