Who am I trying to fool anyway
I don't really know, I can't really say
Uninspired by what I find
I stay quarantined in my own mind
Reopened wounds from the damage done
Oxygen sucked out of my lungs
Legs are weak, I cannot stand
Deflated and Isolated
Unable to identify
Defense mechanisms in overdrive
Standing all alone in a crowd
Deflated and I'm isolated
This repulsion is saping my strength
I'm agitated until I can't even think
I'm swarmed and surrounded by fools
I'll spend one more day as a purposeful recluse
A face paralyzed with eyes that will not flinch
Standing still, muscles will not even twitch
One moment weightless, and I'm leaden-ed the next
Barricaded behind my own flesh
Reopened wounds from the damage done
Oxygen sucked out of my lungs
My legs are weak, I cannot stand
Deflated and Isolated
Unable to identify
Defense mechanisms in overdrive
I'm standing all alone in a crowd
Deflated and I'm isolated
I can mentally escape all the stress
Displace myself in my subconsciousness
I turn to stone
A statue made of flesh and bone
Steeling myself in order to stay
Assume the role I portray
A placid look
False binding on the book
Shutdown, stop cold in my tracks
Enveloped in an unreadable mask
Emotions rendered illegible
The façade, impenetrable
Reopened wounds from the damage done
Oxygen sucked out of my lungs
Legs are weak, I cannot stand
Deflated and isolated
Unable to identify
Defense mechanisms in overdrive
Standing all alone in a crowd
Deflated and I'm isolated