They didn’t tell him he might suddenly fall

There was no way to prevent it, no way he could escape from it all

They didn’t teach him to make the right decision

They left it to him to make the call

They told him there was no way to keep his head above water

This ocean called life is slowly getting hotter

It’s global warming, claiming lives, getting stronger

They say it’s up to him to put off drowning a little longer

There’s a man down here

A man lying down here

There’s a man down here

A man dying down here

Can he get back up?

Will they watch him give in?

Is it time to announce defeat?

That can’t be all there is…

But there’s a man down here

A man lying down here

There’s a man down here

Don’t let him die down here

They didn’t tell him there’s a way to endure the fall

They didn’t say he could come through standing up tall

If he had known he’d no longer have to climb these walls

He could take them down, like a phoenix, that fire could burn us all

But they never told him what he needed to hear

They watched him drown, in a foot of water and a teaspoon of fear

It could have been prevented; they could have made it all clear

But life goes on, another DOA has appeared…

There was a man down here

A man lying down here

There was a man down here

A man dying down here

There’s a flame in the water

There’s gasoline and a spark

All it would to take to bring him back

Is a light born from the dark

But there was a man down here

A man lying down here

There was a man down here

They let him die down here