Weeks go by I've lost the count Can't recall how my voice sounds Stared down by the mirror I cannot hide Look in my eyes and pretend to know I'm putting up a show There has to be someone that once felt the same Crushed beneath the ceiling Stare at the wall till I'm blind And till the silence kills me I'm not made to be caged A means to my end A game to put a dried-out brain to the test Desolated, I'd feel the same alive or dead Isolated, draining the air with every breath Another day bleeds into dusk All I know has turned to rust No way to live No way to die Look in my eyes and pretend to know I'm putting up a show There has to be someone that knows what I mean Crushed beneath the ceiling Stare at the wall till I'm blind And till the silence kills me Take me away Can't you see I'm afraid that I'll never be the same I often wonder what could be If these loathsome walls did not separate you from me I guess it wasn't meant to be Pacing a hole into the ground A grave for the life that wasn't realized Crushed beneath the ceiling Stare at the wall till I'm blind And till the solitude ends me Pacing a hole into my mind I keep on running circles in this endless fight Crushed beneath the ceiling Gaze at the floor till I'm numb And till the silence kills me I guess it wasn't meant to be Can't you see I'm afraid that I'll never be the same I often wonder what could be If these loathsome walls did not separate you from me