i am a man of conviction i shattered these walls spent my life in a bottle cut myself had to crawl stared down a barrel of a 45 dared the man on the other side to have the guts to pull the trigger i am a man of conviction chorus convicted of loving one girl too much sentenced to live without her touch convicted of somehow forgetting god sentenced to life of hell on earth and they ain t coming back i ve never known either to lie it wasn t my intention i am a man of conviction a promise made a promise broken i ve left nothing uncertain i took the lower road my back bent to carry my load i broke hearts along the way made a fool of myself most days it wasn t my intention but i am a man of conviction chorus x2 no don t you cry for me i ve made this bed where i lie it wasn t my intention i am a man of conviction it s too late for intervention i am a man of conviction