Woke up in my father's shadow Face down in the dirt Covered in my own shame He seemed the tallest man on earth Always drunk on my mother's comfort A disappointment to his name We never could understand We were just too much the same He seemed the tallest man on earth The tallest man on earth When I was just a young man Trying not to fall The only thing that seemed to matter Was growing up and being tall Growing tall brings great things Like seeing past the trees But you can't hear the whispers With your head up in the breeze He seemed the tallest man on earth The tallest man on earth His heart died alone they say Running against a wall He never could comprehend Life wasn't about being tall It wasn't about being tall He seemed the tallest man on earth The tallest man on earth The smallest man on earth