Orphan

It's just the way it is How did I find myself to be so pitiful And vulnerable? And I lay my head upon an empty heartbeat I'm alone (I'm alone) And I'm miserable It's just the way that it is and it's hopeless now I'll never leave the prison inside my head No one will ever understand the way it feels To shut out the emotion that drives me back to you Is that your voice that I hear? Is that the touch that I had once feared? Is that the way that you look now? Is this what we are? Cynical old me, beckoning for company An illusion that I dream of in a nightmare, what do I care If you're here and there's nothing left inside of your hollow shell I'm still alone I'm still miserable Is there hope somewhere in this case of flesh we call our home? I don't feel it, mother, father, please go back to sleep I can't bear to see you barely alive We're all alone We're all miserable Forget my voice Forget my eyes My heart is content now To betray my insides It's just the way that it is and it's hopeless now I'll never leave the prison inside my head No one will ever understand the way it feels To shut out the emotion that drives me back to you