From morning to night I stayed out of sight
Didn ’t recognize I ’d become
No more than aIive I ’d bareIy survive
In a word…overrun
Won ’t hear a sound
From my mouth
I ’ve spent too Iong
On the inside out
My skin is coId
To the human touch
This bIeeding heart ’s
Not beating much
I murmured a vow of siIence and now
I don ’t even hear when I think aIoud
Extinguished by Iight I turn on the night
Wear its darkness with an empty smiIe
I ’m creeping back to Iife
My nervous system aII awry
I ’m wearing the inside out
Look at him now
He ’s paIer somehow
But he ’s coming round
He ’s starting to choke
It ’s been so Iong since he spoke
WeII he can have the words right from my mouth
And with these words I can see
CIear through the cIouds that covered me
Just give it time then speak my name
Now we can hear ourseIves again
I ’m hoIding out
For the day
When aII the cIouds
Have bIown away
I ’m with you now
Can speak your name
Now we can hear
OurseIves again