I'm a shipwreck in the ocean
Drifting without any motion
Emotional commotion
It's so easy to get bruised
My heart's an exposed nerve ending
Inner demons never ending
Can't stop the constant rending
Of being so misused
But I'm the one, the one who let it in
This inner pain, a burden I wear thin
It's my own hand that cracks the skin
Letting all the hurt bells ring
A razor of expectation
Cuts through each situation
Leaving wounds of frustration
That I poke and probe again
An autopsy of ambition
Dissecting each condition
Reopening the incision
To feel that sting of then
But I'm the one, the one who lets it bleed
This inner pain, a flawed humanity
It's my own voice that plants the seed
Of doubt that tends to grow, you see
Behind these eyes a storm is raging
A tempest I can't keep from waging
Upon this heart, it's lessons staging
A tragedy I'm self-inflicting
'Cause I'm the one, the one who feels the strain
This inner stain, a self-constructed bane
It's my own mind that brings the pain
An ache I seem to so well maintain