I, as a person (versione eseguita)

In this time of inescapable decline
a spreading fear masked by indifference.
In such a chaotic, corrupt time,
anything could happen, anything could happen.
In this shattered, absurd time
we have so much information
yet we know nothing at all.

In this terrible time, terrible anywhere in the world.

In this time the western dream is falling
As its hopes are swiftly rising
In this time our people
are killing one another
without reason, without reason.

I as a woman or man
who can’t feel desire,
can’t understand,
who can’t assess, assess or believe anything
who has seen it all wondering
“Have I made my choice?”
“Have I made my choice?”
“Have I made my choice?”

In this time everything overwhelms us,
decisions are made without our consent.
In this time our only involvement,
And it’s our fault, it’s taking a vote.
In this time with no possible way out
And men, and fates seemed to hold our fate in the palms of their hands.

In this terrible, terrible time, anywhere in the world.

I as a person I stand
With all my feelings
goals unachieved
With my faith wasting
feeling dazed and spent with dismay
feeling confused and empty, without power,
resigning to never make a choice,
to never make a choice,
to never make a choice…

In this time, in this terrible time,
we just seem to drift away from the world,
with the pain of a defeated man,
disenfranchised, estranged.
But this kind of salvation is no salvation, it’s self-protection, and you know, it’s not the answer.
And our defeat is this, we want to do something but we can do nothing, we can do nothing.

But I am here
as a person, as a person, I am still here
with all my feelings, with all my deepest feelings I am here, I am here.
With my outrage, with my anger, I am still here, I am still here
with the will to change my life, I am still here
I am here with my faith, with my faith I am still here.

Here I stand.
As a person I am here.
Here I stand, as a person I am still here.
Here I am,
here I am
as a person, as a person
I am here.