They taught him right and what to believe
How to live by the rules
They all restrained his hungry heart
With time he would conceive

Walked the path of a righteous man
Taught him how to belong
A winding road, and now it seems

CHORUS:
No, the world is on my shoulders
(I am the one against the world)
I'm the one against the world
(I am the one against the world)
The one they lead astray
But I'll know till my dying day
The only one against the world

Never stray from our way of life
Vent your anger within
Betrayal, it makes a bitter man
The truth cuts like knives

Now look at him and what he's become
He still kneels for them all
A broken pawn, about to fall

CHORUS

There he stands alone again
Watch his world becomes unreal
Forever astray

CHORUS
Against the world
The world