Dualis

Lyrics

Everybody knows the man I let ’em see Stands up straight, don’t scare easily Steady hands when the whole world shakes Keeps his word and owns his mistakes I kiss my wife like she’s still my girl Raise my babies right in a crooked world I got patience when patience is running thin And I know exactly what kind of man I’ve been [Pre-Chorus] But a Gemini ain’t always two different men Sometimes it’s one man choosing which one gets in [Chorus] There’s a man nobody knows Never had a name, never needed clothes He don’t pray, don’t plead, don’t bend Don’t care who breaks or where it ends I keep him somewhere behind my eyes Where nobody looks and nothing survives The good man walks everywhere I go But God help the world— There’s a man nobody knows [Verse 2] He ain’t hurt, he ain’t misunderstood Don’t go looking for a little bit of good There’s no sad little boy underneath his skin No broken heart you’re supposed to forgive He’s mean for the sake of watching things fall Cold enough not to feel nothing at all No guilt in his blood, no soul in his chest Destruction’s the only thing he does best [Pre-Chorus] And I don’t wake up wondering where he’s been I’ve known every second I’ve been living with him [Chorus] There’s a man nobody knows Never had a name, never needed clothes He don’t pray, don’t plead, don’t bend Don’t care who breaks or where it ends I keep him somewhere behind my eyes Where nobody looks and nothing survives The good man walks everywhere I go But God help the world— There’s a man nobody knows [Verse 3] Forty-three years we’ve shared these bones And forty-three years I’ve kept him home He knows my children, he knows my wife But they’ll never meet him in this life That’s my promise, that’s my war That’s what all this strength is for Being fearless ain’t having nothing to fear It’s knowing what’s inside you And keeping it here [Bridge — stripped down] Maybe that’s why I’m patient Maybe that’s why I’m kind Maybe when you’ve got hell in the basement You keep a damn good lock on it all the time I don’t need saving He don’t need a cure We’ve had forty-three years together… Here’s to six hundred twenty-three more. [Break] Six hundred twenty-three more… Let him scratch. Let him pace. Let him whisper every ugly thing with my voice and my face. He can hate. He can rot. He can promise me the whole damn world— But he gets nothing I’ve got. [Final Chorus] ‘Cause I’m the man everybody knows The one who stayed when staying got cold A husband, a father, a steady hand A patient, dangerous, decent man And somewhere deep behind my eyes Something without a soul still survives He can live there forever for all I care Six hundred twenty-three years— I’ll still know he’s there [Outro] Forty-three down… Six twenty-three to go. Two sides. One set of bones. One gets the whole damn world. And one… nobody knows.