Maybe if it slowed down

I'd be able to catch my breath

I can keep up with you yet

Even if I crash in the end

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And I know you resent the crash

You wonder why my eyes always sag

I never act like I'm feeling bad

But it's festering quietly

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The voices in my head

Telling me it's all my fault

The unavoidable assault

And I can't speak a word to you

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I'm afraid you'll forget

I'm human too with needs and healing

I haven't dealt with my feelings

Because of the lock on my lips

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That I placed there while you slept

Keep all the words never said

Locked away to never be read

I deserve this treatment anyway

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Here we are

Breathing in a world

Where we don't know

What we're feeling

Where we crave

Any healing we can

Get our hands on

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Give all you've got

Even when you're empty inside

All you can do is to hide

The creature inside of you

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Who craves the escape

Run away from the life that you've made

Shatter all the people who'd save

You if you only ask

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If you only asked

If you only asked

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By the lock on my lips

I've placed there while you slept

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If I'd only ask

If I'd only ask

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You could pull me from the waves

Recenter my focus and gaze

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If you only asked

If you only asked

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I'm afraid you'll forget

I'm human too

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If I'd only asked

If I'd only asked

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Breathing in a world

We don't know

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If you'd only ask

Why can't you see?