Once somebody told me,
I read it in his eyes
“Be careful what you're doing
Don't ever criticize.
Forget all your illusions
They're just a mad confusion
Man is a killing beast
And there's no paradise”…

He thought he was a wise man
Who had fought so many fights
Yet he was just a child then
Who hadn't yet escaped the night.

You're still so many lives away
You're still so many lives away
You're still so many lives away
And you're as blind as only man can be!

Yesterday I met him
He hadn't changed his mind
They didn't even let him
Behold what he did find.
He'd lost his cars, he'd lost his wife,
He had lost everything
And nothing could remind you
That once they crowned him King…

He thought he was a wise man
Who had fought so many fights
But he was just a child then
Who hadn't yet escaped the night
You're still so many lives away
You're still so many lives away
You're still so many lives away
And you're as blind as only man can be!

He didn't recognize me,
I had to realize he
Was staring like a mad man
At me who's just a sad man.
He threw a stone and he did moan
And finally he bit my bone
He wouldn't listen and he screamed
Shoutin' at the crowds it seemed.
And then he grabbed a knife
And robbed himself of life.
But he could only kill his flesh
And now his hatred stays quite fresh.
And he doesn't find relief, no, he doesn't find relief
And he doesn't find relief
And he still cannot believe that

He's never been a wise man
Who hadn't fought any fights
And he was just a child then
Who hadn't yet escaped the night
You're still so many lives away
You're still so many lives away
You're still so many lives away
And you're as blind as only man can be!

You're still so many lives away
You're still so many lives away
You're still so many lives away
And you're as blind as only man can be!