Diary of a Madman

Song Details

Written by

  • Ozzy Osbourne
  • Randy Rhoads
  • Bob Daisley
  • Lee Kerslake

Total Performances

First Performed Live

Most Recent Performance

Lyrics

                        Screaming at the window
Watch me die another day
Hopeless situation
Endless price I have to pay

Sanity now it’s beyond me
There’s no choice

Diary of a madman
Walk the line again today
Entries of confusion
Dear diary, I’m here to stay

Manic depression befriends me
Hear my voice
Sanity now it’s beyond me
There’s no choice

A sickened mind and spirit
The mirror tells me lies
Could I mistake myself for someone
Who lives behind my eyes?
Will he escape my soul
Or will he live in me?
Is he trying to get out
Or trying to enter me?

Voices in the darkness
Scream away my mental health
Can I ask a question
To help me save me from myself?

Enemies fill up the pages
Are they me
Monday ’til Sunday in stages
Set me free

Originally released by Ozzy Osbourne in 1981 on the Diary of a Madman album.

© Blizzard Music Ltd. (PRS)

Live Performances

May 12, 2014

Los Angeles, CA, United States

MusiCares MAP Fund Benefit Concert @ Club Nokia