An Accidental Man Lyrics - Marillion

You ask me how I'm feeling 

I only wish you knew 

How hard it is for me to share 

Share that kind of thing with you 

It's not that I don't love you 

It's just I can't connect 

'Cause I was taught from much too young 

To shine and not reflect 

And if you sense a smoke screen here 

A trick of the dry ice 

Just try to see there's more to me 

Than sour grapes and sugar mice 

Just try to understand 

I don't say all I can 

A stranger to myself, I am 

An accidental man 

You ask me if I'm happy 

I only wish I knew 

'Cause happiness is not a thing 

I ever learned to do 

It's not that I'm complaining 

It's all the same to me 

If everything that happens 

Happens accidentally 

Just try to understand 

I don't say all I can 

A stranger to myself, I am 

An accidental man 

A stranger to myself, I am 

An accidental man 

I was taught for every secret 

There's a price you have to pay 

Yes, I was taught for every secret 

There's a price you have to pay 

I was taught from much too young 

To never give myself away 

Just try to understand 

I don't say all I can 

A stranger to myself, I am 

An accidental man 

Just try to understand 

I don't do all I can 

A mystery to burned-out love 

An accidental man