Lyrics

Guard the Heart of a Man
Written by: Kristopher Daniel Pinnell
Intro
It started long ago
When we both
Had a favorite cup
This time it took
Two
To meth it all up

Verse 1
The fallout of those
Bad choices
Came the quiet
Invisible voices
Telling us what we’d
Already done
Could never be overcome
What it takes
Those mistakes
That can’t be outrun
Time passes
But the pain
Where I wade
The pain don’t fade

Pre chorus
Deep in the shadows
Of despair
Of time lost
I breathe
New air

Chorus
I was a man who loved
Still do
But not the same
I could write
It into verses
But I won’t write
It into shame
So I carry
The weight in silence
And I’ll take all
The blame
To guard
The heart
Of a man
I’m not ready to name

Verse 2
I still carry the question
I never should have asked
And I wear the answer
Like a scar
Wondered
Where you are
The last I heard
You’d all
But given up
Said you’d die
I watched you fill
That cup

Chorus
I was a man who loved
Still do
But not the same
I could write
It into verses
But I won’t write
It into shame
So I carry
The weight in silence
And I’ll take all
The blame
To guard
The heart
Of a man

Verse 3
When I came home
You were
No where to be found
And I was lost
Running aground
But somehow here we are
Not back where we began
But standing in the wreckage
Both still choosing to stand

Chorus
I was a man who loved
Still do
But not the same
I could write
It into verses
But I won’t write
It into shame
So I carry
The weight in silence
And I’ll take all
The blame
To guard
The heart
Of a man
I’m not ready to name

Verse 4
I believed the promises
That I broke
I won’t shame the man I found
When I woke
Gutted and shamed
I don’t kneel, on no ground
I’ll stand beside you
The strength I found
No defeat
Cause shame don’t have
A place where we meet

Chorus
I was a man who loved
Still do
But not the same
I could write
It into verses
But I won’t write
It into shame
So I carry
The weight in silence
And I’ll take all
The blame
To guard
The heart
Of a man
I’m not ready to name

Outro
I was a man
Who loved
Still do
Without the shame
If I write you into verses
You will never be to blame
I’ll carry your name
In silence
Love you just the same
To guard the heart
Of the man
Who once whispered my name