Guns N' Roses - Atlas Lyrics

Rock

Atlas

by Guns N' Roses

Released: 2025-12-03

Lyrics

Why should I, try and judge, the things they say

That just won’t budge, I’m letting go

And sheltered from the blind, so you've managed to be kind

But still enough to show me, how to keep it together

When I was crying out in vain

No matter who’s to blame

There’s still a ways to go

So, if you ask me to believe

Your heart won’t follow you

It’s got a mind of its own

When it says run and the road gets rough, and you’re the one

Whose shoulders just, ain’t wide enough

Whose shoulders shrug, when they’ve had enough

I’d be the last to say, "Don’t, follow your heart"

But there’s more to what it takes to be a man

Than what you've known, and what you’ve shown

Than what we know you understand

It's not the thing, if I were you,

I would say all that I do, to be half as strong

Or still belong

If you should take the time, to look back at what you'd find

Your heart misadventures

When it says run and the road gets rough, and you’re the one

Whose shoulders just, ain’t wide enough

Whose shoulders shrug when they’ve had enough

I’d be the last to say, "Don’t, follow your heart"

But there’s more to what it takes to be a man

Than what you've known, and what you’ve shown

Than that we know you understand

In fact, I never said "Don’t, follow your heart"

If I thought that's what it takes to make a man

From what you've known, and all that you’ve been shown

Jesus, how I'd hope you'd understand

I’d be the last to say, "Don’t, follow your heart"

But there’s more to what it takes to be a man

That you've known, than what you’ve shown

That what we know you understand

In fact, I never said "Don’t, follow your heart"

If I thought that's what it'd take to make a man

From what you've known, and all that you’ve been shown

Jesus, how I'd hope you'd understand

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Why should I, try and judge, the things they say
 That just won’t budge, I’m letting go
 And sheltered from the blind, so you've managed to be kind
 But still enough to show me, how to keep it together
 When I was crying out in vain
 No matter who’s to blame
 There’s still a ways to go
 So, if you ask me to believe
 Your heart won’t follow you
 It’s got a mind of its own
 When it says run and the road gets rough, and you’re the one
 Whose shoulders just, ain’t wide enough
 Whose shoulders shrug, when they’ve had enough
 I’d be the last to say, "Don’t, follow your heart"
 But there’s more to what it takes to be a man
 Than what you've known, and what you’ve shown
 Than what we know you understand
 It's not the thing, if I were you,
 I would say all that I do, to be half as strong
 Or still belong
 If you should take the time, to look back at what you'd find
 Your heart misadventures
 When it says run and the road gets rough, and you’re the one
 Whose shoulders just, ain’t wide enough
 Whose shoulders shrug when they’ve had enough
 I’d be the last to say, "Don’t, follow your heart"
 But there’s more to what it takes to be a man
 Than what you've known, and what you’ve shown
 Than that we know you understand
 In fact, I never said "Don’t, follow your heart"
 If I thought that's what it takes to make a man
 From what you've known, and all that you’ve been shown
 Jesus, how I'd hope you'd understand
 I’d be the last to say, "Don’t, follow your heart"
 But there’s more to what it takes to be a man
 That you've known, than what you’ve shown
 That what we know you understand
 In fact, I never said "Don’t, follow your heart"
 If I thought that's what it'd take to make a man
 From what you've known, and all that you’ve been shown
 Jesus, how I'd hope you'd understand

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