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When I was a young man I thought I knew it all

My mother tried to tell me pride comes before a fall

If I stare into my past, my demons start to fly

Spilling out my mind and filling up the sky

I can see him standing there, the man on the stair

Feels like the past is knocking on my door

I met him once before, the man on the stair

Don't want him back round here anymore

I can't look into his eyes, the man who was not there

In those eyes, lies the pain that's buried deep inside

And still waiting on the stair

I tried to run and hide from the ghost that wouldn't die

I walked the lonely road, searching for an alibi

I had it in my hand, lost it all with my mistake

I was sleeping at the wheel, I just couldn't stay awake

I can see him standing there, the man on the stair

Feels like the past is knocking on my door

I met him once before, the man on the stair

Don't want him back round here anymore

I can't look into his eyes, the man who was not there

In those eyes, lies the pain that's buried deep inside

And still waiting on the stair

Fight, fight it, don't stare into the past

That story has been told, when all is said and done

Fight, fight it, that rivers run its course

Can't shoot down a winter moon or stare down the midnight sun

Man on the stair, man on the stair

Man on the stair, man on the stair