Last night I had a desperate dream
I was standing in the winter rain
Footsteps close behind me
Somebody called out my name
Oh

No magic mirrors can erase
These lines of living on my face
Lessons learned and lost
Oh, oh

Take this life
Into my own hands
Make this world
Into my own land
Take this life
I'll take my stand
Take this world
Into my own hands
Take this life
Into my own hands
I'll take my stand

I was walking in the summer sun
Thinking that my life had just begun
How wrong could I be
Oh, oh

Take this life
Into my own hands
Make this world
Into my own land
Take this life
I'll take my stand
Take this world
In my own hands
Take this life
Into my own hands
Take this world
I'll take my stand
Take this life
Into my own hands
Take this world
I'll take my stand

Take this life
Into my own hands
Make this world
Into my own land
Take this life
I'll take my stand
Take this world
In my own hands
Take this life
Into my own hands
Take this world
Into my own hands
Take this life
I'll take my stand
Take this world
Into my own hands

Into my own hands
Into my own land
I'll take my stand
Into my own hands
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