I've stood by, and I've cried While my friends have died You ever had a friend kill Themselves, or shot down, or knifed? Just when I think I've seen it For the final time It comes knocking back again to Devastate my life 20 years of hell (20 years) 20 years of hell (20 years) For I've been living far too long And I wish my life was done 20 years of hell (20 years) 20 years of hell (20 years) For I've been living far too long And I wish my life was done 20 years of hell ♪ I said goodbye to you on a Summer's night And I wish that I'd stayed With you, but, oh, it's too late Next thing I knew was that You'd been in an attack And you were laying in a cold Morgue stuffed into a body bag 20 years of hell (20 years) 20 years of hell (20 years) For I've been living far too long And I wish my life was done 20 years of hell (20 years) 20 years of hell (20 years) For I've been living far too long And I wish my life was done I saw you last night you said I was wrong And where'd I get the idea you were gone? I woke up to sounds of my own screams I woke up in a sweat it was just a dream And that dream goes on and on, and on Will it ever end? Well, I don't I don't know I don't, know