Barry Hughes

I’m tired of taking a back seat in life
Watching the world pass me by all over again
It speeds past my eyes like a runaway train
And the light in the tunnel is oncoming pain
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Tonight as I sleep rip the spark from my eye
Savor the moment as I start to die
You stole every breath, every reason to live
And now that they’re gone there’s nothing to win
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Why do I feel so empty inside
Why do I feel like my life is a lie
I’m tired of feeling like I’m all alone
Begging to be heard like an unanswered phone
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Why do I live in heartbreak hotel
Where days are pitch black and nights are pure hell
I’m hurt and I’m crying, where can I go
I’m lost and confused, my heads hanging low
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Hey folks its here, the final farewell
Saying goodbye to my own little hell
This is the end, the tale has been told
I'm tired of trying and this plots getting old
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There’s a boy that I know who feels all alone
He’s hurting inside and afraid he’ll be shown
That there are things in his life he’ll never forget
The people he’s hurt and how he’ll regret
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Here I am, in you presence again
Hey I'm here, asking forgiveness again
Over and over I fell on my face
But you picked me up and stood in my place
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Lost in my thoughts of what’s right and what’s wrong
Knowing what’s right but it's feeling all wrong
I’m scared of the dreams about losing you
But now I'm here wishing, if only you knew
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I’m lost and confused. I can’t hear your voice
Where have you gone, did I make the right choice
In the constant struggle of life I’ve lost my own way
When your running blind you cant tell the night from the day
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Hey gods it's me, take me away from this place.
My prayer for tonight is to see her sweet face.
The face of the one who lives in my heart
She's my perfect girl and your work of art.
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What can you do when your friends aren’t that close
Doomed to the life of a mere cyber ghost
When things get bad and all you can do
Is be there to talk and pray for a few
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How can I fight the feelings inside?
The questions I fear and the pain that I hide
To many times I've silenced my voice
Scared to speak up or make a hard choice
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Stuck in a place I don’t want to be
Wishing and hoping for a way to get free
Free from a place of few friends and less love
Trying to escape into my father above
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It only takes a second
And you’re whole worlds new
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Whoever said pain is weakness leaving the body doesn’t know pain
Pain is the constant reminder of a parasite who feeds off your soul
Pain is knowing that every dream you ever had was shattered in one moment
Pain is knowing that revenge will never heal what you so easily destroyed
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