The killer lives inside me; yes, I can feel him move
Sometimes he's lightly sleeping in the quiet of his room;
but then his eyes will rise and stare through mine,
he'll speak my words and slice my mind inside
Yes, the killer lives

The angels live inside me, I can feel them smile;
their presence strokes and soothes the tempest in my mind
and their love can heal the wounds that I have wrought
They watch me as I go to fall;
well, I know I shall be caught
while the angels live

How can I be free?
How can I get help?
Am I really me?
Am I someone else?

But stalking in my cloisters hang the acolytes of gloom
and Death's Head throws his cloak into the corner of my room
and I am doomed
But laughing in my courtyard play the pranksters of my youth
and solemn, waiting Old Man in the gables of the roof:
he tells me truth

And I, too, live inside me and very often don't know who I am;
I know I'm not a hero;well, I hope that I'm not damned
I'm just a man, and killers, angels, all are these,
dictators, saviours, refugees in war and peace
as long as Man lives

I'm just a man, and killers, angels, all are these:
dictators, saviours, refugees