Man of the Land - Icarus, Real Lies

I’m a man of the land

A wanderer with no clan

Can’t live the life my instincts say I oughta

I’m a man of the land

A devil in demand

But love would see me walk across the water

I spend my time in bars and cashing cars under the stars

I spend my tender times morose

You all say you love the sound of breaking glass

'Til the pieces fall too close

I’m a man of the land

A wanderer with no clan

Can’t live the life my instincts say I oughta

I’m a man of the land

A devil in demand

But love would see me walk across the water

I spend my days surrounded by these screaming, seething screens

I spend my evenings far away

All my favourite teenage dreams were movie scenes

Cut through my twenties like a blade

Cos I only feel like me when I’m where I’ve never been

And my waltzer working days have spun away

So roll up and test your mettle

Where the dust never settles

And you never win no matter how you play

All the people that I know, in the places that I go

Say to me «Why can’t you be more pleasant?»

But for all the late night bars, and their euphorias

All I ever really wanna feel is present

But for all the late night bars, and their euphorias

All I ever really wanna feel is present

All I ever really wanna feel is present

I’m a man on a mission

A compelling proposition

To adore before this sore world leaves me cold

There’s a time I would return to

Cos only love can hurt you

And love has learned to leave me well alone

I’m a man of the land

Take my comfort where I can

I find it in the flora and the fauna

I’m a man of the land

Hate is painted on my hands

But love is only one look round the corner

I’m a man of the land

The sirens understand

Did they not send the red skies out to warn ya?

I’m a man of the land

No face tatts or Xans

I come from Cally Road not California

I’m a man of the land

A wanderer with no clan

Can’t live the life my instincts say I oughta

I’m a man of the land

A devil in demand

But for love I would walk across the water