Lyrics Bruce Dickinson – Man Of Sorrows

Here, in a church, a small boy is kneeling
He prays to a god he does not know, he cannot feel
All of his sins of childhood he will remember
He will not cry, tears he will not cry

Man of sorrows, I won’t see your face
Man of sorrows, you left without a trace
His small boy wonders, what was it all about?
Is your journey over — has it just begun?

Vision of a new world from the ashes of the old
«Do what thou wilt!», he screams from his cursed soul
A tortured seer, a prophet of our emptiness
Wondering why, wondering why…

Man of sorrows, I won’t see your face
(I won’t see your face)
Man of sorrows, you left without a trace
His small boy wonders, what was it all about?
Is your journey over — has it just begun?

A man of sorrows, wrecked
With thoughts that dare not speak their name
Trapped inside a body, made to feel only guilt and shame
His anger all his life — «I hate myself!», he cried
«Do what thou wilt!»
«Do what thou wilt!», he cried

Man of sorrows, I won’t see your face
(I won’t see your face)
Man of sorrows, you left without a trace
(left without a trace)
His small boy wonders, what was it all about?
Is your journey over — has it just begun?

Man of sorrows, I won’t see your face