I Cannot Go On
Held up here again, and it's
Threatening to burst out of my skin,
I can feel it eating away at me, corroding
The heart of me, brutal and bloodthirsty
But so it goes on...
She's lurking round here and she's
Relentlessly lying in wait for me,
Ready to laugh as I edge around the corner,
'Cause I'm alone and she knows that she's cursed me,
And so it goes on...
Surely if this was real then the angst from my arms would be
Taking life with it as it slips down my sides?
Even this way out, the gates are all locked and barred,
I need so much more than existence provides,
Encased in a fortress of fright and
Bad memories, there's nowhere to go
And I'm scared and I'm shaking but still
I stagger on like a poor puppet show,
And so it goes on...
Screaming 'til the world wakes up,
I could sleep forever but I've already had enough,
Resorting to this violence to attract some
Attention when I'm dying to lie low,
How can I go on...?
Time can't last forever and perhaps now they'll see that
I'm serious when I say I can't take it anymore,
Last chance and last cheek wet from failure and fighting,
Strange when this escape is what I'm crying for...
I cannot go on.
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