SHELL

I’m so tired
I can’t wait to go to sleep
Where’s the fire?
And who buried it so deep?
In me?
In you?

I’m so hungry
I can’t seem to get my fill
Why, I’m lonely
Everything seems less than real
To me
To you

I’m so tired
With weary eyes that dare not weep
Where’s the fire?
Toss this shell upon the heap
For me
For you

I’m so hungry
I must feed off what I kill
Why, I’m lonely
Have my flesh, do what thy will
With me
With you

Nobody’s gonna take it for me
Nobody’s gonna take this pain
Nobody’s gonna break it for me
Nobody’s gonna break this chain

The nightmares are bad
But even worse is the waking
God gave Earth to Man
The world was mine for the taking
But history in the making
Seems subject to forsaking
And my head feels an aching
And I can’t stop shaking
And my heart is breaking
And I can’t breathe
I don’t know what to believe
Baby, how long must I grieve?
She offers herself
So that I may feel release
But those short moments of peace
May never soothe this beast again

I’m so tired
But slumber just doesn’t keep
Where’s the fire?
What I’ve sown, I must now reap
From me
From you

I’m so hungry
Has She slipped poison in my meal?
Why, I’m lonely
“Everybody’s got their deal”
Like you
Like me
Like all of us

All of us

Nobody’s gonna take it for me
Nobody’s gonna take this pain
Nobody’s gonna break it for me
Nobody’s gonna break this chain