EPIC: The Musical - Just a Man (Lyrics)

This is a lyric video for Just a Man from EPIC: The Troy Saga (Original Concept Album). epic

Lyrics 🐢🐢🐢:
I look into your eyes and I
Think back to the son of mine
You're as old as he was when I left for war

Will these actions haunt my days
Every man I’ve slain?
Is the price I pay endless pain?
Close your eyes and spare yourself the view
How could I hurt you?

I'm just a man who's trying to go home
Even after all the years away from what I’ve known
I'm just a man who's fighting for his life
Deep down I would trade the world to see my son and wife
I'm just a man

But when does a comet become a meteor?
When does a candlе become a blaze?
Whеn does a man become a monster?
When does a ripple become a tidal wave?
When does the reason become the blame?
When does a man become a monster?

When does a comet become a meteor?
When does a candle become a blaze? Forgive me
When does a man become a monster? Forgive me
When does a man become a monster? Forgive me

I'm just a man

[audreyyoung]

I love how you can just hear how he really didn't want to kill the child, but knew he had to if he wanted to return home and it just makes me tear up everytime I hear it.

[AlexRubianoF]

Idk why not a lot of people appreciate this song, its a literal masterpiece

[faustograssi]

I think I finally understand which moment he is singing about. He’s singing about the moment when he was forced by Agamemnon to throw Hector’s son from the walls of Troy. Heartbreaking

[kidort]

please NEVER delete this video. The original versions of these songs are removed from Streaming so we need videos like this exist :)

[DOYLR]

This is the kind of song that'll make you a hero defending those whom he/she loves desperately even if it means them becoming the villain/dark

[unicornasaurusrex]

The way my jaw dropped when I first listened to this because I never read the Odyssey and was just shouting
"HE KILLED AN INFANT??? AND IT'S ONLY THE SECOND SONG!?"

[tarniabook]

You know what would be cool with this in the final product?

When The horse and the infant ends, there's silence. Odysseus goes to look at the baby and the infant starts crying, then Odysseus' fatherly instincts kick in and he starts singing this song's first tune. The song truly begins, Odysseus picks the baby up, cradling him and only letting go when he kills the infant.

[ALPHAMITEE]

The end of this song is so gorgeous. The build up, the harmony and layering, the high notes, the lyrics themselves? Tears. This song breaks me.

[_partico_vale_]

I thought I got over my "warrior of the mind" obsession (at least for a bit), then I find this and obsess, go to check where it's from and- I'M BACK IN THE FREACKING BUILDING AGAIN
Jokes aside love this one as well!

[BennettRDavis]

I’m not extremely familiar with at least this part of his story, but after reading the comments, I love this song. I extremely love how it seems he’s talking to the child, reassuring him that he’s not gonna hurt him. How could he hurt him, he’s “just a man.”
But at the same time during this verse, he’s justifying himself, explaining to himself why he needs to do this.
During the next verse, he’s questioning himself, wondering what lengths he’s really willing to go to, is he really gonna go through with this. Can a man really do this and still be called a man.
At the end, he succumbs to what is asked of him, and has justified himself in his eyes. After all, everyone makes mistakes… and he is “just a man”

[MantabyDoodles]

Devastated that the originals got taken down somehow but I'm so glad this is still up!

[AlanahAzura]

As someone who literally just finished the Song of Achilles…. This is extremely painful 💔 What a beautiful song

[kamiilo_]

for anyone who wants it.
Epic bit (Imo): 1:29

[jasminerenee]

I hope some one makes a looped part of the last part of the song. That part is on fire!!

[jonathankennedy]

They took down the originals. Here to listen to the superior version.

[tarasantis]

Just felt so sorry for Odysseus and the baby...

[cianluu]

thank you so much for keeping this video up i hope you don’t have to delete them ever - im devastated this version was taken down from streaming

[LucyTheValiant]

How I wish he actually raised him as his own...
He will never stop to be haunted by this... He's not a bad man at heart 😢

Before listening to this, I only knew the version of the Little Iliad, where it's Neoptolemus who kills Astyanax, because he's the son of the man whose brother killed his father Achilles. And also because he was described as a heartless beast, built to kill and therefore completely capable to kill a baby just like that. And somehow, this made me feel a little better in my grieving for Astyanax, because I've always admired Odysseus and never I would have thought he could do something like that, for ruthless that he's proved able to be.
Now I will never be able to look up at him like before
(I still love him though, he's so human and I feel for him)

[shinsou_simp]

I have no idea what the context of this song is, yet it speaks to me.

[rosec.]

Bro I hope this goes to Broadway 😭😭. I just found out Jorge Rivera is Puerto Rican too! Boricua pride Frr😭🇵🇷🇵🇷🫶🫶