Beyond the Realms of Death (Live in Cleveland 1978)

[Verse 1]

He had enough

He couldn't take any more

He 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

[Chorus]

Yeah! I've left the world behind

I am safe here in my mind

I'm free to speak with my own kind

This is my life, this is my life, I'll decide not you

[Verse 2]

Withdrawn he'd sit there

Staring 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

[Chorus]

Yeah! I've left the world behind

I am safe here in my mind

I'm free to speak with my own kind

This is my life, this is my life, I'll decide not you

[Bridge]

Keep the world with all its sin

It's not fit for living in

Yeah! I will start again

It can take forever and ever and ever and ever

But I still win

[Guitar Solo: Glenn Tipton]

[Verse 3]

How many like him are there still

Who to us, all seem to have lost the will

They lie in thousands, blank and lost

Is knowledge worth this bitter cost?

[Chorus]

Yeah! I've left the world behind

I am safe here in my mind

I'm free to speak with my own kind

This is my life, this is my life, I'll decide not you

[Post-Chorus]

Keep the world with all its sin

It's not fit for living in!

[Guitar Solo: K.K. Downing]

[Outro]

Beyond the realms of death!