The Nearly Man

Down here at the bottom

When you're staring at the top

With a head full of ideas

I'm only flesh and blood

On an eiderdown of glory

And a pillow of desire

Drifting on an ocean

And the waves wash through my mind

Something haunts us, kicks the stars from our skies

Blows the lights out with a whisper and sighs

If you're down, down, I'm down, down

And when you're down, down, I'm down, down

Well, I was nearly me and you were nearly you

The nearly man was nothing, he was never any use

Beaten down by generations, of generations beaten down

There's nothing I can promise that my conscience will allow

Something haunts us, kicks the stars from our skies

Blows the lights out with a whisper and sighs

If you're down, down, I'm down, down

And when you're down, down, I'm down, down

If you're down, down, I'm down, down

And when you're down, down, I'm down, down

If you're down, down, I'm down, down

And when you're down, down, I'm down, down