Drift all you like
From ocean to ocean
Search the whole world
But drunken confessions
And hijacked affairs
Will just make you more alone

When you come home
I'll bake you a cake
Made of all their eyes
I wish you could see me
Dressed for the kill
You're my man of war

You're my man of war

And the worms will come for you
Big Boots
Yeah, yeah, yeah

So unplug the phones
Stop all the taps
It all comes flooding back
From poisoned clouds
To poisoned dwarf
You're my man of war

You're my man of war

And the worms will come for you
Big Boots
Yeah the worms will come for you
Big Boots
For you
Big Boots


Lyrics submitted by kenna15, edited by TheKidA

Man Of War Lyrics as written by Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood Colin Charles Greenwood

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    I got a great version that also says "what a nasty surprise" in the lyrics. this song is great and u can relate it directly to war or just life in general. -the thing is that there both hopeless. The 1st verse pretty much tells u to try all u want, but in the end u are wasting ur time, which would make u more alone- as in ur in a worse place after uve tried to gain happiness, then u were b4 u even tried at all, obviously due to dissapointment for something that thom might thing is impossible to achieve.

    what a nasty surprise is the realization of the hopelessness

    qozon August 22, 2005   Link

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