You Can't When You Don't Know

Broken in a shattered stance, crawling inside my skin
Excruciating screams come from down and deep within
No, I don't need the careless thoughts that run in your mind
If there are solutions, it will be my decision to seek and find

So why don't you take your words and go like all the rest
Take your feet and remove them carefully from my chest
Let go of my heart, that you squeezed and then bled dry
Give me back my eyes, and my ability to let them cry

You were not a friend to me, you were cruel, and unjust
Your withered mind tried to convince me to give you trust
I took one step forward, into a pit of infuriated, lifeless air
Intoxicated by broken laughter from mouths that said they care

You pulled me from the dark hole, but I came out in a cage
You threw away the key and spoke your words in rage
"I swear to God I'll tell them if you don't stop this infliction"
Well you're a little bit too late, it's already an addiction

But when those eyes stare at me with hate and disgust
You'll wish you'd never taken the time to sit and discuss
No I don't know why you're here, but I want you to go
The things I never said to you are what you don't need to know

So take your words and swiftly walk right through that door
Don't feed to me your preachings, I don't need them anymore
Drop dead, well I'd like to, but somethings hanging still
Something that is stronger than my "dainty" will to kill

You say you understand my pain, but it doesn't belong to you
You haven't stood beside me, don't know what I've been through
Oh, and you could never understand the unworthiness of me
You'd never comprehend the reflection that I wake up to see

You say it's for the best, but you won't look into those eyes
That will stare at me with shame, and fill their hearts with lies
As careful as you think you are, you'll regret this fatal decision
Because you don't know what it's like to live inside this prison...

- Dedicated to a not-so friendly, friend. -