They told me when I was young that I would change   What I once saw would become like everything else   The same -   The open eyes of youth would close down just to cracks   I would - never again see the real world   Just like the rest, I'd turn my back   I told them once when I was young   That it was too late for me to change   I couldn't ignore the facts   The reality that brought this incredible pain      [Chorus:]   Scars within my flesh and soul   Stayed just for show   Seeing, I felt and saw things   Others could never know   They tell me now to turn my head   So that I may rest at peace   But ignoring the things that I know   Would be living a life of deceit   The perversion of love and the power of hate   Lie deep inside my head   I can't turn to ignorance -   The life of the wordly blind