Wasted Years lyrics

I search for what remains Once a heart so pure, bad blood now in my veins Wondering what i’ll find, A world that’s changed in line This man has yet to live, just still a child in time I believed that things would turn around But hope that faded every day I survived with madness close behind Which man did i really betray? I’ve tasted death, i’d fought and i’d won Died for this day, this day to come I have waited for this moment in time I could have cried a thousand tears But this freedom now, is all i’ll ever need Redemption of these wasted years A life has passed me by, My youth had been and gone The bitterness is deep it drives me on and on In realms of power, i was the sacrifice The cheating of the innocent, the loaded dice I believed that things would turn around But hope that faded every day I survived with madness close behind Which man did i really betray? I’ve tasted death, i’d fought and i’d won Died for this day, this day to come I have waited for this moment in time I could have cried a thousand tears But this freedom now, is all i’ll ever need Redemption of these wasted years