By Karl Martino, 1993

When I was young,
I used to dream,
A dream to take me away,
Take me far, from the screams

Everything a question
A mystery to unfold
A brand new adventure
To be brave and be bold

I charged with the knights
Dueled to victory
Pillaged with the Vikings
And sailed the seven seas

I rode with the outlaws
Flew in the sky
Sung my soul up on the stage
And never knew just why…

I should have closed my eyes
Should have locked my doors and hide
I should have closed my eyes
It was safer, inside

It hurt so bad
Had to get away
Innocence lost so long ago
What a price, to be paid

Now the world’s more clear
More bitter is my heart
Why did I have to lose so much
Just for this life to start

Thirteen to twenty one
Moved so fast I tried to hold
What little that I had
And now this life, it seems so cold

I turned to the bottle
Found no ease, down there
Looked to the Earth
And saw it was bare

I should have closed my eyes
Should have locked my doors and hide
I should have closed my eyes
It was safer, it was safer, inside

(Break)

All the games we played
When we did not know
That the world couldn’t hurt us
Just a little frostbite, from the snow

We lived for the moment
On discovery’s exciting breeze
And then the sky fell down
And nothing was what it seemed

Battle scars, line my face
Mirror shows just what I have seen
Shouldn’t have seen it, shouldn’t have seen it
It was just so hard to believe

The shock, filled my mind
Last till this very day
I looked and beheld
The beginning was on its way

I should have closed my eyes
Should have locked my doors and hide
I should have closed my eyes
It was safer, inside