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