Wearing The Inside Out

From morning to night I stayed out of sight

Didn't recognise I'd become

No more than alive I'd barely survive

In a word...overrun

Won't hear a sound

He's curled into the corner

From my mouth

But still the screen is flickering

I've spent too long

With an endless stream of garbage to

On the inside out

...curse the place

My skin is cold

In a sea of random images

To the human touch

The self-destructing animal

This bleeding heart's

Waiting for the waves to break

Not beating much

I murmured a vow of silence and now

I don't even hear when I think aloud

Extinguished by light I turn on the night

Wear its darkness with an empty smile

I'm creeping back to life

My nervous system all awry

I'm wearing the inside out

Look at him now

He's paler somehow

But he's coming around

He's starting to choke

It's been so long since he spoke

Well he can have the words right from my mouth

And with these words I can see

Clear through the clouds that covered me

Just give it time then speak my name

Now we can hear ourselves again

I'm holding out

He's standing on the threshold

For the day

Caught in fiery anger

When all the clouds

And hurled into the furnace

Have blown away

...to curse the place

I'm with you now

He's torn in all directions

Can speak your name

And still the screen is flickering

Now we can hear

Waiting for the flames to break

Ourselves again