what's this
stumbling off the sidewalk
can't breathe
it's right there but i can't look
heart beats
and i don't want to know why
cold street
it's hurting but i don't cry

won't cry yet (not while the pain's still physical)
won't cry yet (what's that sound so vague and rhythmical)
i'm not gonna cry while you're watching me
stop watching me
stop watching me

retreating back to the corner of the chain-link fence
the place of twisted metal that I call my home
cause it's no concern of yours how this remnant of my life is spent
you will see i'm gonna make it on my own

what's that
a door opening too slow
who's this
i hear a voice and i know
one name
penetrates the outside
it's you
scream only on the inside

don't cry yet (can't hold on, this doesn't makes sense)
don't cry yet (go back to the cracked sidewalk by the fence)
what are you thinking as the truth is evading me
stop watching me
stop watching me

retreating back to the corner of the chain-link fence
this piece of ruptured concrete on which I lie alone
blocking out the sound of people snickering at my expense
I've made up my mind that I'll survive this on my own

one last instant (i hold on to my world)
one split second (before the truth is unfurled)
i don't want to feel this
make it go away
my heart's beating insanely
why won't you go away

retreating back to the corner of the chain-link fence
no longer so sure that I'll succeed alone
still waiting in vain for an explanation of intent
else reason fades away and everything that's me is gone

please go away

i'm finally being ripped away from my chain-link fence
my world's no longer mine cause i am not alone
it's risk the unknown or die next to the chain-link fence
this is the last time i'm gonna wait here on my own

and so at last I step into the street and go