Sailing on my every step. Inching off of the earth.
Is magnified by the things I've done.
The thing that I've become.
Every lift of my hand. Coffee cup up, and back.
Is magnified by the things I've done. The things I've seen. the things I've caused.
I'm a dead man walking.
The hammer that I once brung down now hovers over me.
Cast a shadow across, onto me.
The hallways are all mocking me.
What I've become they're all mocking me.
I'm a dead man walking. A dead man walking. A dead man walking.
Seems like a dead man stickin' to you
Seems like his last thoughts are stuck to your shoe
Seem like a dead man stickin' to you
Seems like a dead man stuck to your shoe
Seems like a dead man stickin' to you
Seems like a dead man stickin' to you
Dead man hold me near with all that you hold dear
I can shut my eyes down tight and make you disappear
Then I fall down
Seems like tomorrow is yesterdays news yeah
Seems like you can't win, can't win for losing
Seems like a dead man stickin' to you
Seems like tomorrow is yesterdays news
Seems like a dead man stickin' to you
Seems like a dead man stickin' to you
D-d-d dead man what got you here
A little wrinkled little smeared
I can shut my eyes down tight and make you disappear
Then I fall down
My eyes hang from their sockets
I wear a ball and chain
Can you hear the rockets
Exploding in my brain
They go .......
I feel the insecurity
I feel the sting of pain
The upside of insanity
I side with the insane
They go ....
They come across the black and white
They ravage me with fear
I can shut my eyes down tight and make them disappear
Feel like a dead man
we can write the chapters of existence starting now
starting now, we'll throw it all down
i can see the shadows in the water on the ground, on the ground
they follow me around
behind every story there's a quick end
behind every smile there's a clown
to understand it i guess i'd have to be a dead man trying not to laugh out loud
i can hear a lonely operator on the phone, on the phone
she can't call home
overseas burned to third degree and the collection plate's been passed and received by me
i wish i could tell you, all you children, why you're here, why you're here
we'd all sing along
isn't that something 'cause there is no knowing 'til you're gone
when i'm gone i'll prove you all wrong
behind every woman there's a good man trying not to bug the hell out
to understand it guess i'd have to be a dead man trying not to laugh out loud
no don't take me under
behind every story there's a quick end
behind every smile there's a clown
to understand it i guess i'd have to be a dead man trying not to laugh out
behind every woman there's a good man trying not to bug the hell out
to understand it, guess i'd have to be a dead man trying not to laugh out loud
trying not to laugh out loud
Judgment coming down on you
Now your conscience is kicking in
Everybody's to blame, baby, but you
Now my patience is wearing thin
Chorus:
Get out of my life, you're coming unthread
Out of your mind, over your head
And you wonder why you're all alone
Losing your grip, coming undone
Using your mouth like a Gatling gun
I won't be your stepping stone
If there's a dead man in my closet
Show me the bones
What did I ever do to you
I've always loved you just the same
I hate feeling like I do
I wish my blood wasn't in your veins
Repeat Chorus
Now you wanna take it back
You could beg and you could plead
I ain't cutting you no slack
And you ain't no 'a part of me
Repeat Chorus
If there's a dead man in my closet
Dead man, dead man don't cry
Dead man, dead man don't cry, don't cry,
When you die it ain't the end,
it ain't the end when you die.
Dead man, dead man be brave
Dead man, dead man be brave, be brave,
You shall be saved by and by,
by and by you shall be saved.
Dead man, dead man believe
Dead man, dead man believe, believe,
You're a free man at last,
at last dead man you are free.
Dead man, dead man don't cry
Dead man, dead man don't cry, don't cry,
When you die it ain't the end,
Dead man, crawling out of his crater
Sucking on the air from his ventilator
Watch out, little girl, you're just a beginner
He wears outside his face the smile of a winner
Drags his woman around by the hair
It turns her on, she don't wanna be square
Standing on top of the family mountain
Drinking lemonade from the magical fountain
Holiday trips in a Volkswagen camper
Children locked into an old picnic hamper
Let them loose to play in a sandpit
Leave them there 'cause they take us for granted
Man is an ape and woman a martyr
It's not what you do when you do it, it's what you do after
I went down to the zoo and I looked in the cages
Cruel boy playing
Fat man running
Old fool walking
Dead man coughing
[Indian]
Cruel boy playing
Fat man running
Old fool walking
Once a part of the ruling elite
Now just second class
All those things they promised me
Now have come to pass
I feel like I missed a train or watched it go right by
Now I wish for one more chance one more shot at life
Oh, I'm a deadman
I've heard of liberation and deliverance
But I've never felt no chains sitting up on the fence
I used to be afraid of dying
Now I realize dying was the easiest part
Now I'm afraid of time
Careful to watch for the man
Who shows no dignity
Come with a scheme and a plan
Came to persecute me
I lay my soul among lions
Their tongues are sharper than swords
To speak they breathe forth fire
And got me pinned to the floor
Once a part of the ruling elite
Now just second class
All those things they promised me
Now have come to pass
I feel like I missed a train or watched it go right by
Now I wish for one more chance one more shot at life
Oh, I'm a deadman
I've heard of liberation and deliverance
But I've never felt no chains sitting up on the fence
I used to be afraid of dying
Now I realize dying was the easiest part
Now I'm afraid of time
Careful to watch for the man
Who shows no dignity
Come with a scheme and a plan
Came to persecute me
I lay my soul among lions
Their tongues are sharper than swords
To speak they breathe forth fire
unspoken misery new times,
new fears to beat unwanted disesteem the pains of a nomad
feel lost,
blind vagabond omitted filth to none
afoot seamlessly the rott of a dead man
faith, i am left isolated the shit pissed
and hated condemned life secluded frigid, not included
abandoned left dead unwanted dead man
myself, my pot of dreams
deserted all that's me
unwanted family the pains of a lone man
bleeding society take all,
fuck dignity breakdown my will to be
the son of correction
i didn't want to be lone and scraped on...
"lost soul ... dead soul"
i didn't want to be scraped on...
"lost soul ... dead soul"
set you free ... set you free...
unwanted misery bleeding society take all,
fuck dignity
dead man!
dead man!
Déjà , sur ma tombe une hécatombe de fleurs
De larmes déferle comme des bombes
J'entends les éloges teintés d'intox et de paradoxes
Parades pour marquer les faits, l'épitaphe est faussée
Tant d'honneur pour ma mémoire
Pour ma vie si dérisoire
Mais il faut qu' t'arrêtes, tu sais c'est que du flan
J' le sais, mais quel hypocrite !
Hier encore tu parlais dans mon dos, c'est pathétique !
Parlez, parlez-moi, parlez-moi
Parlez-moi de tout, de sexe, de crime, de fric, de kam
Mais pas de vie sainte, c' n'est pas moi !
Parlez, parlez-moi, parlez-moi
Parlez-moi de tout, de sexe, de crime, de fric, de kam
Mais pas de vie sainte, c' n'est pas moi !
C' n'est pas moi ! Non pas moi ! Non pas moi !
Parlez sans détour où détournez-vous de moi !
[Refrain :]
De la mort, j'entends, je sens le mensonge, mensonge !
C' n'est pas moi ! Non pas moi ! Non pas moi !
Faudrait pas que tu t'enflammes
Non pas que tu m'acclames !
Non pas que tu restes là !
Faudrait pas que tu fasses semblant d'avoir compté pour moi !
L'édifice sur lequel on écrit tous ces vers et prières n'est que virtuel
Ca doit être une autre personne que moi
J'm'r'connais pas !
Mais il faut qu' t'arrêtes, tu sais c'est que du flan
J'le sais, mais quel hypocrite !
Hier encore tu parlais dans mon dos, c'est pathétique !
Parlez, parlez-moi, parlez-moi
Parlez-moi de tout, de sexe, de crime, de fric, de kam
Mais pas de vie sainte, c' n'est pas moi !
Parlez, parlez-moi, parlez-moi
Parlez-moi de tout, de sexe, de crime, de fric, de kam
Mais pas de vie sainte, c' n'est pas moi !
C' n'est pas moi ! Non pas moi ! Non pas moi !
Parlez sans détour où détournez-vous de moi !
[Refrain x2]
Non, ma vie ne fut qu'une forme !
Pas besoin de tout ce décor !
Pas la peine de pleurer pour moi !
Pas la peine de t'occuper de mon sort !
Dead man walking like a wind up toy,
plodding, never plotting for the things that bring him joy,
living in the movies like he’s celluloid,
and then it’s over, so roll the credits now.
Dead man standing single file in every line,
gave up on the searching, he was scared of what he’d find,
waiting waiting waiting for his stars to come aligned
and then it’s over.
[Chorus:]
But I don’t wanna live like I’m heading to the grave,
no I don’t wanna live that way,
I got a purpose and a plan, and I don’t wanna live like a dead man.
Dead man live it up, it’s just another show,
he knows she only loves him for his money and his blow,
it’s like he never saw the sense in reaching past the status quo
and then it’s over, and then he’s underground.
Dead man shuffling down another city street,
can’t lift up his head and he can’t pick up his feet.
You can see his resignation and acceptance of defeat
and then it’s over.
[Chorus:]
But I don’t wanna live like I’m just another slave,
no I don’t wanna live that way,
I got a purpose and a plan, and I don’t wanna live like a dead man.
Stagnant and so sedentary (not until I’m dead and buried),
lobotomized automatons (we ain’t no sons of Babylon),
blinded by our gilded chains (let’s make a mark not just a stain),
as long as we’re alive there’s life to live.
Dead man slipping through his twilight years,
come to realize that he’s never faced his fears,
but there ain’t no second chances, just regret and bitter tears
and then it’s over.
[Chorus:]
But I don’t wanna live like my life is just a cage,
no I don’t wanna live that way,
I got a purpose and a plan, and I don’t wanna live like a dead man.
No I don’t wanna live like it’s just another day,
no I don’t wanna live that way,
Sound the horns and hit the crashes
End this watch and unearth this, unearth this dead man
Don't lock the gates under the arch
Head stones, the perfect drums for this stoic song and midnight march
My mind is as blank as canvas rolled
I'm here to shake the souls, the earth and prove my worth
So i check my list and run
Jack on my tongue, cheap oration
Eyes like brush fire and months of repression
I'll touchdown when, when we're fixed up
Nothing's stopping it. This dead man's bell has rung
I don't clean up so well you see
No I don't feel much like anything (anything)
When I'm home long enough for you
Will you care for me or stare at my phantom limb
I'm heading out and you're staying in tonight
Jack on my tongue, cheap oration
Eyes like brush fire and months of repression
I'll touchdown when, when we're fixed up
Nothing's stopping it. This dead man's bell has rung
Shadow boxing, no one watching
I'll be vexed for the ages, no chances left to change it
I'll touchdown when, when we're fixed up
I was once a dead man
A stranger with no home
I stood opposed to God himself
And yet He pardoned me
With all my heart and the fiercest will
Desired not but to thieve and kill
I hadn't a thought of peace, but war
Surrender was not what I'd endure
I was a murderer filled with lies and deceit
Faced with my list of crimes that I would always repeat
Deliver me! Wake me up from this damning sleep
I'm surrendering! Pull me out from this wickedness
In this thieving heart of stone
I realized all these sins I could not atone
I was a murderer filled with lies and deceit
Faced with my list of crimes that I would always repeat
I was once a dead man
A stranger with no home
I stood opposed to God himself
And yet He pardoned me
So just at the right time when we were dead in our sins
You took this heart of mine and gave me life again
You gave me life again
This is where I begin
So far apart and a debt to fulfill
This purchase bought on redemption's hill
An ailing disease I couldn't cure
Oh this grace! How rich and pure!
Abide in me, my God! I am found in You
Pardon me, my God! You know my deepest thoughts
Deliver me from sin! I am made anew
I'm surrendering this heart! For which your blood it
bought
The mob they yelled and screamed for justice
That wrath was ours we are to blame
You made a spectacle of rulers
Denying You of a king's fame
Having crushed the written cannon
That wrote of all our guilt and shame
Displayed upon the tree it was nailed
The saving power of Your name
For I was once a dead man
A stranger with no home
You saw this wretch
And You gave him life
Forever I'll praise You!
When you're stuck right under the thumb of the devil it's hard to make the choice to live or die.
Or just stay stuck right bettween where the sunset's and where the whiskey collides.
A place where the only clothes on your back smell of sewer heat and sweat.
And your cold dry face is caked in dirt and grease.
It's getting colder outside and you start to believe it might never change the cold city streets,
These cold city nights,
This cold city heart.
We're a generation of young men and women struggling to get the best we can.
Trying to outlive the failures of the past, dying to make a change that you can truly see.
Living for the moment when feeling right doesn't seem so impossible,
but the harder you push it only hurts worse when you fall again.
Just let it be known that when the sky turns grey, you tried your best.
Just never try hard enough to believe it.
Most of the time there's nothing we can do to change the ways our days have tangled
themselves up in the fence and vines, that we hide behind.
We stress and frustrate the sunlight away, by the time night falls we lay awake and ache,
for tomorrow destiny might show its face.
For the first time in my life.
Although we have lost ourselves along the way,
The stars above the sea will guide us home.
It's like being born the only one with eyes, the rest of the world is blind.
But then you realize you have nothing to hide.
It's like having wings preparing to fly out of this shit that we call our lives.
But then you realize you're afraid of heights.
intro: I am the dead man walking
I am the dead man walking
I am the dead man walking
...the last of my bloodline
there is a pain that burns inside
from the truth I cannot live or hide
destroying all that once was mine
it controls all that I now see
this parasite that eats away at me
my blistered soul that just won't heal
numb to all I cannot live or feel
dead man walking
and whoa again I bleed
and whoa again I bleed
I am the dead man walking
I am the last of my bloodline
I am the last...
dead... man
dead... man
the very breath of life it steals
taking all that once was real
alone I dig my private grave
and pray to the heavens that I'm saved
my shattered dreams are all but gone
I'm beaten down and stand alone
dead man walking
and whoa again I bleed
and whoa again I bleed
I am the dead man walking
I am the last of my bloodline
I am the last...
dead... man
You know you got me all mixed up
How'd it ever get this way
Don't know why, but i just can't stop
I know i can, but not today
Ain't quite ready for the ultimate defeat
Feel the pressure, i can feel the heat
I'm a dead man, if you don't come thru
I'm a dead man, if i can't have you
I'm a dead man
What am i gonna, what am i gona do
You'll be my saving grace
And the death of me too
Another sleepless night
Are you gonna let me down?
I'm getting mighty tired of waiting
You're giving me the run around
Always hangin out on a limb
Now or never, it's sink or swim
I'm a dead man, if you don't come thru
I'm a dead man, if i can't have you
I'm a dead man
What am i gonna, what am i gonna do
You'll be my saving grace
And the death of me too
Don't know how you got under my skin
Fatal attraction i can't shake
Ain't no doubt about it just can't live without you
How'd you get to be a habit i can't break
Always hangin out on a limb
Now or never, it's sink or swim
I'm a dead man, if you don't come thru
I'm a dead man, if i can't have you
I'm a dead man
What am i gonna, what am i gona do
You'll be my saving grace
Nothing's different since yesterday
Still not a man but property
The liberated call me devil's creation
A disgrace in the eye of god
They make me plead for mercy then whip me again
They lure me with false pretensions 'til I'm driven mad
Just when it feels right they tighten the noose
And pull me back in
Chorus:
I'm slave to another man
Slave in the promised land
Out of reach for a helping hand
Chained to the ground
I can't shake it off it's now a part of me
It's in my system and runs through my veins
I take a step forward and fall two steps back
I've lost my identity
Unaccepted I walk through this land
Degraded until I'm too afraid
In the end hanging in a rope
Condemned by faithful hand
Chorus
Slave to another man
Slave in the promised land
Out of reach for a helping hand
Chained for a greater cause
Once a man now utterly destroyed
Dragged down the road and now accepts his fate
Out of reach for a helping hand
Chained for a greater cause
Though he knows there will be another time
As your lips grow close to touching
Your find yourself against the wall
You never thought that your perception
Could be questions brought to call
And what you asked and close to seeing
Was quickly taken away
You thought the words were close to forming
Yet you found nothing to say
Overwhelm my life's complexity
Overwhelm my life's complexity
Give me controls and distractions and let me go and let
me be
I wanted something simple
Just give me something simple
So put the bail on me
Put the bail on me you inside me
Yeah as you lift and close to touching
You find yourself against the wall
You Never thought that your perception
Could be questions brought to call
And what you asked and close to seeing
Was quickly taken away
You thought the words were close to forming
Yet you found nothing to say
I wanted something simple
Just give me something simple
Just give me something simple
Just give me something simple
Overwhelm my life's complexity
Overwhelm my life's complexity
Overwhelm my life's complexity
Vs. 1
Whisper my name or woo my eyes
Say your sweet little lies
Lay me down, convince me that I can't stand
Wasting time, you're talking to a dead man
Vs. 2
Scream in my ear to stir my sleep
Say I'm feeble, say I'm weak
Tear me apart or trip me where I stand
Wasting time, you're talking to a dead man
Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey!
Bridge
Well, my ears are closed, my eyes are shut, I
Can't see your beauty, can't hear your lying
'Cause I'm too busy dying
"Wake up," you whisper
"Wake up," you say
"Wake up," you tell me
"Wake up," you scream
Hey! Hey, Hey, Hey!
Oh you're wasting time just talking to a dead man
Yeah, you waste your time you're talking to a dead man
Well this is it, this is where we make a stand
You and me time to face this man to man
Can't you see we cannot go on
It's me against me again
I'm sick of the man I am within
Fighting me, making me fall down again
I commit, I'll commit your suicide
Now death will breath you in
Sitting here at my grave side I've never been so alive
You pulled the dead man out of me
I am not what I was, never again what I was
You pulled the dead man out of me
I buried you, you were nearly my demise
Only by the grace of God that I survived
I admit I was wrong to let you in
Never come back again
I can see all the possibilities rising up
Now that your not holding me down
This is where I say goodbye
And put the last bullet between your eyes
Sitting here at my graveside I've never been so alive
You pulled the dead man out of me
I am not what I was, never again what i was
You pulled the dead man out of me
Sitting here at my graveside I've never been more alive
You pulled the dead man out of me
I am not who I was, I'll never be who I was
You pulled the dead man out of
Sitting here at my graveside I've never been so alive
You pulled the dead man out of me
I am not what I was, never again what i was
[Verse 1: Gucci Mane]
Call me Gucci Mane when I'm on the stage with you
But call me Jessie James when I hold this damn pistol
You can call me Gucci guwap when I do a song with you
But don't walk up on me homes, I ain't finna blow no
strong with you
Got them young shooters with me they don't get along
with you
If you ain't get no money nigga what is wrong with you
And I can't tell your own, they must have the wrong
picture
I'm in the whip sippin' lean, with this very long
swisher
I drink promethazine and codeine and this apple juice
mixture
If you knew that you wouldn't do that I swear you would
not kiss her
Yous a Nicky Barnes ass nigga tryin to tell on Guy
Fisher
If a snitch was to die today I bet his hood would not
miss him
[Hook:]
You's a dead man, playing games with the bread
You's a dead man, I put that pistol to your head man
Dead man you're playing games with my bread
You in the red man, fuck around and be a dead man
Dead man, dead man, you's a dead man
Dead man, dead man, you's a dead man
Dead man, I put that pistol to your head man
Dead man, I put that pistol to your head man, dead man
[Verse 2: Young Scooter]
Five deuce, 4 tray 6 A
8 watches, 4 chains 6 rings
Pot Forks don't add the high cost
From coast to coast, I said numbers on the dope
Remix to you, you know I can sell you both 16-5
Prices lower then shawty low,
When I drive got my seat leanin low
Bricks inside gott'em stash in the door
Always road running, me and Gucci getting money fast
keep comin'
Try to trailer in the morning won't stop jugging
Every month I make 4 hundred, I'm a street nigga
I got rich off of junkies
[Hook:]
You's a dead man, playing games with the bread
You's a dead man, I put that pistol to your head man
Dead man you're playing games with my bread
You in the red man, fuck around and be a dead man
Dead man, dead man, you's a dead man
Dead man, dead man, you's a dead man
Dead man, I put that pistol to your head man
Oh Baby, please teach me something more
Maybe it’s just a problem of mine…
Maybe there’re just some rules to follow
You’re like giants with clay legs
So cool and so frail
A blow is a second and in a second you will fall down
We’re standing our chains, I’ll wait for something more
To come home with your happy smile
Seeing everyday the same Fucking faces but tonight
If I need a reason to wake up everyday
The reason ain’t you for sure
I’m sorry but I’m gone,
Stay calm, be quiet
Consider me dead
You can’t kill a dead man you know!
Don’t you feel alright
Now that I’m far away
You have win and I
Erased your image from me
To come home with your happy smile
Seeing everyday the same Fucking faces but tonight
If I need a reason to wake up everyday
