(alexander)

the big man ain´t so big no more
he´s curled up on the basement floor
his worldly goods around his feet
he´s lost his mind trying to keep
the more you gain, the more you pray
nobody comes to take it all away

but you´re up there and i´m down here
with just the stairs between our fears
and walls made of foolish pride
don´t let me hide

once i walked a troubled road
crusading for a ransom owed
but any source of real joy contains
an initiation of pain
the more you build, the more you stay
behind to tend what you have made

but you´re up there and i´m down here
with just the stairs between our tears
and walls we can´t see behind
don´t let me hide

the more you live, the more you´re sure
some things are worth losing for

but you´re up there and i´m down here
with just the stairs between our fears
and walls we can live inside
don´t let me hide