Just a Shell Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Dad don't step up like he used to

He stumbled on his way home

I nearly cried tears to the tides

I guess we're all on our own



[Chorus 1]

A man who once was a mountain

Is down to a few grains of sand

I understand where dad once would stand

There's just a shell of a hell of a man



[Verse 2]

An old friend's all strung-out and low-down

Lately he ain't been all there

Old empty eyes all hollowed inside

And that empty thousand-yard stare



[Chorus 2]

A man who ran like the rivers

Soul's dried out like it's been damned

I understand where a friend once would stand

There's just a shell of a hell of a man



[Verse 3]

Darlin', I ain't what I once was

There's nothin' beneath this act

No reason or rhyme, just old rehearsed lines

And I hide behind this mask



[Chorus 3]

I thought I filled up some big shoes

Now I'm down in the palm of your hand

When you help me stand, you know I still am

More than a shell of a hell of a man