1. Wasted Years Deep into my soul I search for what remains Once a heart so pure Bad blood now in my veins Wondering what I'll find A world that's changed in line This man has yet to live Just still a child in time I believed that things would turn around But hope that faded every day I survive with madness close behind Which man did I really betray I've tasted death, I'd fought and I'd won Died for this day, this day to come I have wanted for this moment in time I could have cried a thousand tears But this freedom now, is all I'll ever need Redemption of these wasted years A life has passed me by My youth has been and gone The bitterness is deep, it drives me on and on In realms of power, I was the sacrifice The cheating of the innocent, the loaded dice I believed that things would turn around But hope that faded every day I survive with madness close behind Which man did I really betray I've tasted death, I'd fought and I'd won Died for this day, this day to come I have wanted for this moment in time I could have cried a thousand tears But this freedom now, is all I'll ever need Redemption of these wasted years