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I'm safe here in my mind   Free to speak with my own kind   This is my life, this is my life   I'll decide not you      Withdrawn he'd sit there   Stare blank into space   No sign of life   Would flicker on his face   Until one day he smiled   It seemed as though with pride   The wind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