As I Try Not To Fall Apart lyrics

[Verse 1]

Am I a faulty kind of man so tender in the heart?

Are clues embedded in my hands, a horoscope of cards

No, I'm no special grain of sand or undiscovered star

If there's a great and holy plan I'd rather have no part

[Hook]

Ain't that the way, ain't that the way

You always unwind my head, unmake the bed like Sunday

Ain't that the way, ain't that the way

You get me talking to the dead and questioning if I'm alive at all

[Chorus]

Why every morning waking up

Must I try not to fall, must I try not to fall apart?

You take me in your grateful arms

And I try not to fall, oh I try not to fall apart

It's not the way a man like me behaves

It's not the way the world would have me play my part

Then why does every fiber shake

As I try not to fall apart, as I try not to fall apart?

[Verse 2]

Am I a lone unlucky man, no shimmer to my soul?

Am I a spindle wound to tight, a fraction of a whole

No, I've no party tricks, my hand is empty as a vault

If there's a charge, oh then I'll stand and do the time for every fault

[Hook]

Ain't that the way, ain't that the way

You always unwind my head, unmake the bed like Sunday

Ain't that the way, ain't that the way

You get me talking to the dead and questioning if I'm alive at all

[Chorus]

Why every morning waking up

Must I try not to fall, must I try not to fall apart?

You take me in your grateful arms

And I try not to fall, oh I try not to fall apart

It's not the way a man like me behaves

It's not the way the world would have me play my part

Then why does every fiber shake

As I try not to fall apart, as I try not to fall apart?

[Special (only album edit)]

Ain't that the way, ain't that the way

You always unwind my head unmake the bed like Sunday

Ain't that the way, ain't that the way

You get me talking to the dead and questioning if I'm alive at all

Why every morning waking up

Must I try not to fall, must I try not to fall apart?

You take me in your grateful arms

And I try not to fall, oh I try not to fall apart

It's not the way a man like me behaves

It's not the way the world would have me play my part

Then why does every fiber shake

As I try not to fall apart, as I try not to fall apart?

[Outro (extended in album edit)]

As I try not to fall apart

As I try not to fall apart

As I try not to fall apart

As I try not to fall apart