Lyrics
[verse]
Old man sitting on a frozen city bench
Watching every stranger with a hunger he can't quench
Nobody looks him in the eye when they walk past
Just another shadow that the winter's built to last
[chorus]
Aqualung, breathing through the cold
Aqualung, older than he's told
Nobody sees the man beneath the ragged coat
Aqualung's still breathing, still got a note to float
[verse]
Once he had a fire, once he had a name
Now he's just a stranger that the city can't reclaim
Children cross the street when they see his weathered face
Never knowing what it's like to lose your only place
[chorus]
Aqualung, breathing through the cold
Aqualung, older than he's told
Nobody sees the man beneath the ragged coat
Aqualung's still breathing, still got a note to float
[bridge]
Maybe if we stopped and looked a little longer
Maybe if our hearts were just a little stronger
We'd see a man who once had dreams like everyone
Instead of just a shadow underneath the sun
[chorus]
Aqualung, breathing through the cold
Aqualung, older than he's told
Nobody sees the man beneath the ragged coat
Aqualung's still breathing, still got a note to float
