Stranger - Boy & Bear

Old man was it worth it?

Was it all that it seemed

Did you ever find the carcass of your dreams?

Oh, you must know I was young

The fear I had not yet outrun

Though I was never meant to hurt you but I do

I do

It’s got a hold of me and it keeps coming away

And you are always looking at me from afar

I can’t change

I’m a stranger to my nature

Would you love me anyway

If my head don’t talk right

Don’t let me down old man

Through the swollen eyes of your Ritalin

It’s like a stranger’s standing over me

Some kind of faceless beast that watches as I sleep

Now there’s a hard lump in my throat

And all the best times that you’ve ever known

Are all just fading off the back of my sanity

Oh please

I made you weep

It’s got a hold of me and it keeps coming away

But you are always looking at me from afar

I didn’t change

I’m a stranger to my nature

Would you love me anyway

If my head don’t talk right

Don’t let me down, old man

I want it back

I left the seeds of a memory

And I wondered if I’ve come too far