Don't let me play the fool
In this confusing game.
Don't let me lose my cool,
I'll bring you all to shame.

Don't let me cry my tears.
Don't let me scream with pain.
It passes through the years;
It passes like the rain.

Don't let me lose myself
In this river, in this rush.
Don't let me go to Hell;
It calls to me so much.

Don't let me be the one
Who loses all I've got.
Don't let me lose the pain,
Or my cold flesh will rot.

I wish that I could see
The life inside my dreams,
The one where I have glee
And all is as it seems.

But I guess I cannot,
And I resign myself to this,
So I'll stay in this spot
And watch those who have bliss.

I guess I'm stuck here now:
Not doing, only seeing.
I give, but don't allow
Myself to lose my being.