He had enough
 He couldn't take anymore
 He'd found a place
 In his mind and slammed the door
 No matter how they tried
 They couldn't understand
 They washed and dressed him
 Fed him by hand

 Yeah! I've left the world behind
 I'm safe here in my mind
 Free to speak with my own kind
 This is my life, this is my life
 I'll decide not you

 Withdrawn he'd sit there
 Stare blank into space
 No sign of life
 Would flicker on his face
 Until one day he smiled
 It seemed as though with pride
 The wind kissed him
 Goodbye - and then he died

 Yeah! I've left the world behind
 I'm safe here in my mind
 Free to speak with my own kind
 This is my life, this is my life
 I'll decide not you

 Keep the world with all its sin
 It's not fit for livin' in
 Yeah! I will start again
 It can take forever, and ever, and ever
 And ever, but I'll still win

 How many like him
 Are there still
 But to us, all
 Seem to have lost the will
 They lie in thousands
 Plagued and lost
 Is nothing worth this bitter cost

 Yeah! I've left the world behind
 I'm safe here in my mind
 Free to speak with my own kind
 This is my life, this is my life
 I'll decide not you
 Keep the world with all its sin
 It's not fit for livin' in

 Beyond the realms of death