Saturday, December 31, 2011

The Pain Within You

This is a song I wrote when I was 16, about how I felt about my life and the world around me. It was inspired by a snippet of song from BtVS s6e7, the Buffy musical.

Does anybody even notice,
Does anybody even care
Does anyone ask the questions
That show their love is there
Does anyone try to see it,
The pain in your eyes
How can they possibly believe it
When you tell them all these lies
Does anyone ask the questions
That show their love is true
Or do they just simply deny it,
The pain within you.

Your arms are scratched and bloody
From the way your anger shows
And even though it's there in plain view,
No one around you seems to know
So you suffer alone in silence,
Thinking 'bout the things that you go through
While everyone around you still denies it,
The pain within you.

What will it take for them to realize
You're not as happy as you seem
Do you have to go and write it out,
Do you have to stand and scream
What does it take for them to notice,
Even with all you say and do
But one day they'll have to face it,
The pain within you.