Mannen i den vita hatten (16 år senare) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by sippan 

Cover art for Mannen i den vita hatten (16 år senare) lyrics by Kent

And the reason it works better in Swedish, for those interested, is that he's "scared to life" of living, and scared to death of dying. But I don't think I've ever heard the word "dödsrädd" used anywhere else, just like one does not really say "scared to life" in English =)