What Makes a Man Lyrics

What makes a man

Is it the way that he walks

Or the way that he talks

What makes a man

Is it the rough of his skin

Or the names of his kin

What makes a man

Is it the places that he chooses

The people he looses

What makes a man

Is it the lands that he’s roamed

Or the ground he calls home

What makes a man

Is it the pain he’s brought on

And the ones that he’s wronged

What makes a man

Is it the secrets he keeps

And the shouts in his sleep

What makes a man

Is it the harm that he’s done

Or the battles he’s won

What makes a man

Is it the choices he makes

Or the vows that he breaks

A man is more than the sum of his parts

It’s the story that he lives that truly sets him apart

A man is more than a pillar of bones

More than what rests six feet underneath a pile of stones

What makes a man

Is it the pages he read

Or the songs in his head

What makes a man

Is it the laws he obeys

Or the way that he prays

What makes a man

Is it the way that he cries

Or the way he defies

What makes a man

Is it his measure of fame

Or the sound of his name:

Jerome