Living Alone

Soften your gaze as you pass by on the street
Your eagle's glare will burn a hole through every gaze you meet
Look up from the pages that you read
The fantasy is comforting, but it's not the life you're living

But if you were bored of reading, then you wouldn't live alone

Loosen your jaw, I know you clench it when you think
You spend the day so wound up without even realizing
Then say something, if only to exist
You don't speak unless you're spoken to, your silence is your death

But if you had wanted company, you wouldn't live alone

Come on and rise, Young Blood
Come on and rise
Yeah, you shouldn't be gone so long
If anybody else had ever asked, you'd answer softly
"I'm fine"

Open your eyes, I know you close them you sing
If the light's too bright, then we'll turn it down
But you have to ask for it
Then forget the audience, there is only me
You mean nothing to no one, 'til they have watched you fall asleep

But if you had craved attention, then you wouldn't live alone

Come on and rise, Young Blood (Turn down the heat to keep down the cost)
(Break all the lights so you can live in the dark)
Come on and rise (Couldn't be any worse than before)
Yeah, you shouldn't be gone so long
If anybody else had ever asked, you'd answer softly
"I'm fine"

You have come too far to quit these last few feet
I am more content to take a while, do not wait for me