Could I be more lonely? Could I be more lonely? Could I be more lonely? I don't know if I could Ashes fall from the cigarette of the man who can't forget Who learns more from a single second of silence Than from any word ever spoken to him Any poem misunderstood Or from every second of his past that haunts him Could I be more lonely? Could I be more lonely? Could I be more lonely? I don't know Put in front of the mirror Why he can't recall? As he stares into the scars he cannot cover But to all eyes laid upon him And all the hands that try to hold him The pain still hides beneath the surface Could I be more lonely? Could I be more lonely? Could I be more lonely? I don't know if I could Night passes behind him but he doesn't turn to look The shackles and the gag will not allow it So far am I from caring, he says Or do I care too much? For the more I give the more I must be given Could I be more lonely? Could I be more lonely? Could I be more lonely? I don't know Could I be more lonely? Could I be more lonely? Could I be more lonely? I don't know if I could