• Living in my nightmare
    In a world full of hate
    Where we just lay in the dark
    For death, we silently wait
    We each have a story to tell
    Full of anger, tragedy and despair
    Living in this f**ed up place
    Which treats us so unfair

    Brian was my best friend
    In some ways he was just like me
    Dealing with depression
    That no one else could see
    His parents treated him like sh!t
    He hid his screwed up life well
    Everyone thought he was perfect
    But he was living through hell
    His dad was an alcoholic
    And his mum didn't even care
    Despite his home life
    For me, he was always there
    Then he gave up
    They found him the next day
    He slit his wrists in bed
    I watched them carry his body away

    Then there’s Katie
    Her parents died when she was five
    Memories haunt her
    Of when they were alive
    She has nightmares every night
    And cries almost every day
    Cuts her fragile wrists
    Pretending everything’s okay
    Every single night
    She wishes upon a star
    Prays to god up above
    To take her soul somewhere far

    Lauren has bulimia
    She’s as beautiful as can be
    But when she looks in the mirror
    A overweight girl is all she sees
    She makes herself sick
    In desperate hope
    That someone might help her
    Because she really cant cope
    Her parents have high expectations
    And she has to live up to this part
    As their perfect baby girl
    But its tearing her apart

    Matt’s dad died last year
    A bullet to the chest
    He witnessed it all
    Saw his dad take his last breath
    Now he’s in trouble
    Almost every day
    Getting into fights at school
    And pushing everyone away
    He’s lost and confused
    And not sure what to do
    Angry and messed up
    Lost faith in god too

    Jamie was raped
    Her innocence stolen away
    From her own flesh and blood
    Her cousin, who came to stay
    He held her down
    No one heard her tortured screams
    She kept trying to wake up
    From what seemed like a dream
    And now she’s pregnant
    She cant handle the stress
    She feels ashamed
    And really depressed
    She hates herself
    And what she’s become
    All cause of what he did
    He had his fun

    You wonder now
    Why my own story remains untold
    Why I haven’t told you
    About the horror that my life holds
    I wont say a word
    About what I live through each day
    Cause what good would it do
    There’s nothing you can do
    Nothing you can say

    So ill live my live
    With my cursed friends just like me
    As we dwell here in the shadows
    Desperate to be free
    Longing for the sun
    To chase our troubles away
    To bathe us in light
    But here in the shadows we’ll stay.