Why oh why?
Hide that pain, Wash away that stain Throw it all in a pail Don't let them see you frail.
All this hurt Going on in my heart Rooted in me like a hut On the ground strongly made of dirt.
They don't know me They don't care about me They don't see what's in me They don't appreciate me.
Why such a life? Why strike me a knife? Why make me a wife? A betrothed wife to suffering.
Just once I think they care About me, about my welfare But soon they too, can't bare And turn away leaving me bare.
Speak your mind, dear Let it out and don't fear Don't be afraid to let out a tear, Just take a breath and turn that gear.
How can I? How will I? How shall I? How would I?
You tell me to speak my mind? Don't tell me to do that, Because my mouth can not handle Half the things in my mind.
Open up my heart? What heart? I ceased having one once upon a time Now all I have is hurt.
But, do not pity me. Don't feel bad for me. When you left, When all of you left me...
You gave me time To learn and yearn for myself And I got comfortable in my loneliness Now loneliness is all I know, it has become my joy.