Another year has passed me by
Still I look a myself and cry
What kind of man have I become?
All of the years I've spent in search of myself
And I'm still in the dark
'Cause I can't seem to find the light alone

Sometimes I feel like a man in the wilderness
I'm a lonely soldier off to war
Sent away to die, never quite knowing why
Sometimes it makes no sense at all

Ten Thousand people look my way
But they can't see the way that I feel
Nobody even cares to try
I spend my life and sell my soul on the road
And I'm still in the dark
'Cause I can't seem to find the light alone

Sometimes I feel like a man in the wilderness
I'm a lonely soldier lost at sea
Drifting with the tide
Never quite knowing why
Sometimes it makes no sense at all

(I'm alive)
Looking for love I'm a man with emotion
(And my heart's on fire)
I'm dying of thirst in the middle of the ocean
I'm alive!


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Man in the Wilderness Lyrics as written by Tommy Shaw

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    I think it is a dumb idea but since Bundy was arrested in 75 and the album was released in 78 it is not impossible but not likely. It just is not Tommy Shaw's style.

    It is more likely about the loneliness we all feel that seems to make no sense because we are surrounded by people even some who love us..

    charadeuron June 21, 2008   Link

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