Still so Many Lives Away (2023) - Uli Jon Roth

Once somebody told me,\nI read it in his eyes:\n«Be careful what you’re doing.\nDon’t ever criticise.\nForget all your illusions,\nthey’re just a mad confusion.\nMan is a killing beast\nand there’s no paradise'…\nHe thought he was a wise man\nwho had fought so many fights.\nYet he was just a child then\nwho hadn’t yet escaped the night.\nYou’re still so many lives away\nYou’re still so many lives away\nYou’re still so many lives away\nAnd you’re as blind as only man can be!\nYesterday I met him.\nHe hadn’t changed his mind.\nThey didn’t even let him\nbehold what he did find.\nHe’d lost his cars, he’d lost is wife,\nhe had lost everything\nand nothing could remind you\nthat once they crowned him King…\nRepeat chorus\nHe didn’t recognise me,\nI had to realise he\nwas staring like a mad man\nat me who’s just a sad man.\nHe threw a stone and he did moan\nand finally he hit my bone.\nHe wouldn’t listen and he screamed.\nShoutin' at the crowds it seemed.\nAnd then he grabbed a knife\nand robbed himself of life.\nBut he could only kill his flesh\nand now his hatred stays quite fresh.\nAnd he doesn’t find relief, no, he doesn’t\nfind relief.\nAnd he doesn’t find relief.\nAnd he still cannot believe that\nHe’s never been a wise man\nWho hadn’t fought any fights\nAnd he was just a child then\nWho hadn’t yet escaped the night\nYou’re still so many lives away\nYou’re still so many lives away\nYou’re still so many lives away\nAnd you’re as blind as only man can be!