My Separate Reality

Children in the playground, laughing and dancing in the street

All the colors of the rainbow, wrapped in childlike harmony

Me, I'm not laughing, I see things only as they were

When I first needed you, yeah, when I first needed you

Cars passing by, representing my life

I ain't old but I ain't young enough to cry like a baby

Oh, and I'm so scared but I won't tell you, for fear you'll hate me more

Tough on the outside, tough on the outside, yeah, tough all over

Clouds go rollin' by as I lay floatin' in a stream

Of semi-consciousness, I'll follow it 'til the end

Or at least 'til I drown in my separate reality

Sorry there's only room for me

I used to have an angel, she took care of everything

Yeah, so sometimes we cried, maybe more than most, but so what

We shared everything, even some things we should not have shared

Like my separate reality, now there's only room for me

I walk among the criminals and I pray among the saints

And somewhere in between I'll try to scrape off this war paint

It's cold in here in the corner of my soul, so dark and lonely

Oh, but I ain't never gonna let go

Children in the playground, laughing and dancing in the street

All the colors of the rainbow, wrapped in childlike harmony

Me, I'm not laughing or dancing, I see things only as they were

When I first needed you, yeah, when I first needed you

I used to have everything, now you won't even talk to me, but that's alright

'Cause I've got a new friend and her name is tattooed across my chest

She won't let me down 'cause I ain't never, never gonna let her in

Tough on the outside, tough on the outside and it's surely tough

In my separate reality, sorry there's only room for me

In my separate reality, sorry there's only room for me, for me

Sorry there's only room for me