What happens to a man when
he spills his heart on a page and
his feelings just lie there lonely,
waiting...
for someone who cares enough to read them,
to see if they can make his thoughts their own
to find out that maybe his life's not perfect and
maybe it's not worth all that he gives away...

You can see his broken soul is bleeding
So concede your feelings inside yourself,
As you wander through his lonely heart,
Letting you see through him
Now consumes all his thoughts
So forget your pain, as you watch him fall apart

What happens now to his broken mind when
It's trapped inside all these emotions
And all of the words he has ever spoken
They bind him to the life he's left behind
And every new step he takes
He knows that he might not make it
To all of the dreams that he has yet to find

You can see inner torment is tearing his mind apart,
He seems so helpless and broken
Where does someone like you begin to fix that?
How do you tie the knot tight enough when he's at the end of his rope
No hope left in his troubled eyes

What becomes of his tortured soul
when it can't be free from the bars that hold it
from ever leaving the hell it's trapped in?
Am I the wanderer brave enough to conquer
all these demons that lie in hiding,
waiting....
for all his dreams to fail him.

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