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Burned Alive

Things look like they're changing,

 

but they are really just the same.

 

I am still just as lonely,

 

no one even knows my name.

 

No matter what I try

 

I am still just as worthless.

 

No matter what I do

 

I still feel just as hopeless.

 

Bombs exploding in my chest.

 

My brain is bleeding in my head.

 

The tears I won't allow to flow

 

burn like acid down my throat.

 

My body shakes with all the pain

 

of these thoughts that mutilate my brain.

 

I try to make myself appear

 

as if I'm not being burned alive by fear.

 

I put a smile on my face and fake

 

that I've accepted my mistakes,

 

but inside I can feel my heart

 

as it's slowly ripping itself apart.

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Feb 20, 2010
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