[Verse 1 - raw and swampy, gritty low male vocal with slight growl, lone slide guitar + distant thunder-like bass, very slow and heavy] There's a man who loves to dance with traffic Skips in front of cars for the thrill His friends all shake him, warn him, plead with him But he laughs it off and he always will For a while luck walks along beside him And the horns and the beeps set his spirit free But luck moves on and leaves him where it found him And the street's got other plans, you'll see [Pre-Chorus - tension builds, add pedal steel moan and heavier beat] First a scrape, then a crack, then a fracture He heals and he's back on the street He swears each time he's finished with it But the pull's too strong to defeat [Chorus - full swamp-soul swell, powerful gritty vocal with light background harmonies] Crazy, wouldn't you say? Walking back onto the road every day Broken and bleeding but back for more What kind of madness drags him back out the door? Crazy — but is it so hard to believe? We've all been that man Down on our knees Strangely insane [Verse 2 - same raw energy, add faint organ under guitar] His wife packs up, the job has long since gone The neighbours whisper, pointing as he falls He locks himself away to try to beat it But the day he's out he hears the traffic’s call Both legs broken, still he finds his way back Lost everything but can't explain just why You'd shake your head and call him past all reason You'd be right — and honestly, so would I [Pre-Chorus - tension builds, add pedal steel moan and heavier beat] Every promise made and broken Every vow that didn't stick The pull was always going to win this He was never going to quit [Chorus - full swamp-soul swell, powerful gritty vocal with light background harmonies] Crazy, wouldn't you say? Walking back onto the road every day Broken and bleeding but back for more What kind of madness drags him back out the door? Crazy — but is it so hard to believe? We've all been that man Down on our knees Strangely insane [Bridge - dynamic drop to stark slide guitar and vocal, then slow burn build] Go ahead and call it ridiculous Go ahead and say it couldn't be true But swap out the street for a bottle And tell me — does it start to sound like you? However smart we were in other ways However sharp the mind, however keen When the drink got involved we lost our reason We became what we never thought we'd be [Final Chorus - biggest soulful build, rich organ and full band, vocal raw and pleading] Crazy — yes, that's the word The most sane-sounding truth you've ever heard Broken and crawling but back every time A thirst that overruled the sharpest mind Crazy — it's strong but it fits so well We've all been that man Chasing something that’d kill Strangely insane [Outro - sudden drop to solo slide guitar + soft organ hum, vocal gentle and deeply felt, long warm fade] It’s strong language But we came to believe it’s true Once we stopped trying so hard A greater power came through Strangely insane Me and you
