[Verse 1]
There's a man I met down in Memphis
Had a calm I'd never seen
He talked about the darkness
Like he'd walked through it for me

He didn't talk about no fightin'
Didn't talk about no war
He just talked about the silence
And the truth he was there for

[Chorus]
He's just a man who walked through fire
Came out the other side
He didn't break, he didn't bend
He just kept his heart alive

He walked through the extraction
He walked through the pain
He came out with a record
And he's still walkin' in the rain

[Verse 2]
They took his papers, took his freedom
Left him stranded and alone
He just sat there in the stillness
Till he found his way back home

He built a house out of nothing
Built a wall around his soul
He knew the truth would outlast them
And he let the silence roll

[Bridge]
Some people think he's crazy
Some people think he's strange
But he's just a man who kept on walkin'
Through the fire and the rain

He don't ask for no attention
He don't ask for no fame
He just keeps on walkin' forward
Through the joy and through the pain

[Verse 3]
He said the system's run on takin'
They profit off your fear
Someone's gotta witness this
Someone's gotta be here

He didn't come to fight you
He didn't come for war
He came to be a witness
And to show you what life is for

[Outro]
So if you see that man from Memphis
With the calmness in his eyes
Just know he's been through fire
And he's still alive

He's just a man who walked through fire
Came out the other side
He didn't break, he didn't bend
He just kept his heart alive