Comfortably Numb Inside

Doctor’s light in my eyes

But my mind’s out back on the porch

Mama’s humming some old tune

While the rain taps time on the boards

They say “Tell us how you feel”

I just stare straight through the wall

Every word tastes like cotton

Mouth won’t move at all

I’m comfortably numb inside

Like a TV left on in an empty room

Got a heart that remembers how to cry

But the tears won’t bloom

Yeah I’m stuck in this quiet tide

Waves roll in but they don’t touch my shoes

Comfortably numb inside

Got nothing left to lose

Friends talk smoke and sunshine

I just laugh at all the wrong parts

They pass the bottle

Pass the time

I keep missing my own heart

Used to burn like a matchhead

Quick spark

Black sky

Then night

Now I’m just this slow blue ember

Glowing

But I don’t feel the light

I’m comfortably numb inside

Like a TV left on in an empty room

Got a heart that remembers how to cry

But the tears won’t bloom

Yeah I’m stuck in this quiet tide

Waves roll in but they don’t touch my shoes

Comfortably numb inside

Got nothing left to lose

Maybe one day something small

A name

A song

A kitchen chair

Will crack this glass around my chest

Let the weather in

Let me care (oh yeah)

Till then I’m numb inside

Like a TV left on in an empty room

Got a heart that remembers how to cry

But the tears won’t bloom

Yeah I’m stuck in this quiet tide

Waves roll in but they don’t touch my shoes

Comfortably numb inside

I’m just humming these old blues