Monster on a Shelf

Can you see through the storm inside?

A silent scream, a hidden cry

You will never know my pain, the hot flashes, sleepless nights

Soaked in sweat, skin on fire, no flames to put out, only misery’s bite

Mind's a blur, foggy memories, forgetting what was easy before

Where does it end, this endless fight, knocking at my door

You look at me like I’m someone else, a shadow on the wall

A monster on a shelf, but can you imagine it at all?

A monster is all you see, but do you know what it’s like to be me?

Locked inside this broken flesh, battling silent agony

Can you imagine what it is to be me?

In this storm, endlessly be

Chronicles of chaos, in my mind’s empty halls

Lost in a trace, a fading face, as my own shadow falls

Hot flashes burn, the nights are long, restless and alone

Trying to find where I belong, trapped in this unknown

You look at me like I’m someone else, a shadow on the wall

A monster on a shelf, but can you imagine it at all?

A monster is all you see, but do you know what it’s like to be me?

Locked inside this broken flesh, battling silent agony

Can you imagine what it is to be me?

In this storm, endlessly be

Echoes of laughter now just distant sound

Lost in a maze, nowhere to be found

If only you could see through my eyes

Beyond the rage, beyond the disguise

Maybe then you'd understand, the silent tears I hide

In my world of shadowed pain, where I forever reside