Here I see a man I'm ashamed to recognise Gazing at his face I see weakness in his eyes I won't claim it as my own, then This shattered face I see Please take away the mirror This madman isn't me How did it happen? How'd this nightmare come to be...?
My life was child's play Without regret Not a game I couldn't win Or a need that wasn't met Child's play, I fear Cannot last Years fly by All too fast And child's play too soon Is in the past
I see the change From the mind that once I had In the looking glass I can see me going mad And I'm powerless to stop it Or counter this attack And looking in the mirror The image starts to crack
How did it happen? And why can't I go back...?
My life was child's play Carefree and dim But the child who rules his world Find in truth the world rules him Child's play once seemed Clear as day But colors fade To shades of grey And child's play begins To slip away
I swear the days were longer The nights weren't half so cold I remember how the years went by But when did I grow old? The piper must be paid For the choices that you made For the songs you were so desperate to know Yes, take away this mirror The madman has to go -
My life was child's play So it began But the child was never told What it took to be a man Child's play now seems A distance friend But in the light It's all pretend Child's play, I guess Is at an end
There it is Final score Child's play, my boy And nothing more...