IT CAME FROM STARS BEFORE WE BEGAN
WE SENSE THE TRUTH IS CLOSE THEN ONE DARK NIGHT
WE START TO DIG WITHIN. THE TEST OF MAN
BUT NOT ALL OF US HAVE THE URGE, IN FACT
MOST HAVEN’T JUST WALKED AWAY - THEY RAN
CAN BE A FRIGHTENING THING TO FACE
BECAUSE WHAT LIES DEEP WITHIN IS THE TEST OF MAN
WE'RE INTERTWINED COS WERE ON THE SAME VINE
THERE'S UNDENIABLY A MYSTERY HERE.
BUT YOU SENSE A PLAN
SOME OF US ARE RIPE. SOME ARE NEARLY FALLING OFF
GO ON, HAVE A TASTE
YOU GONNA TEST THE FRUIT?
THAT’S THE TEST OF MAN
IT'S A TRAIL OF MYSTERY
A LARGELY UNTRODDEN TRACK
TO SOLVE THE RIDDLE OF OUR LIVES, KEEP MOVING
DESPITE THE PAIN. THAT’S THE TEST OF MAN
IS IT A TEST? SOME SAY ITS A JOKE
I'D SAY WE'RE BLESSED
AND IT'S TIME WE SPOKE
ABOUT LETTING GO, MAKE ROOM FOR WHAT'S NEW
AND NOW IT’S TIME TO CHOOSE
THE TEST OF MAN
credits
from The Untrodden Track,
released May 1, 2022
Composer - Pete Pascoe
Lyricist - Pete Pascoe
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