Перевод песни Praying Mantis - Wasted years

Deep into my soul
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 has been and gone
The bitterness is deep, it drives me on and on
In realms of power I was the sacrifice
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