Reach out

JUST REACH OUT

I wonder if you’d notice

If I disappeared tonight

Not gone forever…

Just out of sight

I’ve gotten good at saying “I’m okay”

While falling apart a little more each day

I keep my phone beside me in the dark

Hoping somebody sees through all these scars

Everybody’s living

While I’m standing still

I don’t need an answer

I just need someone to feel

So if you hear me through the silence

If you know I’m barely holding on

You don’t have to fix me

You just have to call

Just reach out!

Even if you don’t know what to say

Just reach out!

Tell me I don’t have to face this place alone

I’ve been screaming without making a sound

I’ve been waiting for somebody to turn around

I don’t need you to save me now

I just need someone to reach out

I stopped explaining what I’m going through

‘Cause every time I tried, nobody knew

How heavy it gets when the night comes down

And you’re surrounded but there’s no one around

I laugh with everybody

Then I go home and disappear

I wish somebody would ask me

“What the hell are you doing here?”

So if you see me getting distant

Don’t assume that I want to be alone

Sometimes the people who need someone

Are the ones who never ask for help

Just reach out!

Even if you don’t know what to say

Just reach out!

Tell me I don’t have to face this place alone

I’ve been screaming without making a sound

I’ve been waiting for somebody to turn around

I don’t need you to save me now

I just need someone to reach out

I’m tired of being strong

I’m tired of pretending

I’m tired of wondering

If anybody would miss me

(pause)

I don’t want another lecture

I don’t want another lie

I just want somebody

To sit with me tonight

DON’T LET ME DISAPPEAR!

DON’T WAIT UNTIL I’M GONE!

If you know I’m hurting—

THEN FUCKING REACH OUT!

I’M STILL HERE!

I’M STILL HERE!

So why does it feel like

NOBODY’S HERE?!

Just reach out!

Even if you don’t know what to say

Just reach out!

I don’t wanna spend another night this way

I’ve been screaming without making a sound

I’ve been waiting for somebody to turn around

I don’t need you to save me now

I just need someone to reach out

Maybe tomorrow I’ll feel different

Maybe someday I’ll understand

But tonight I’m still here waiting

For someone to take my hand

Just reach out…

Please… just reach out.