The Care of Strangers

The Care of Strangers

The Care of Strangers
12-7-04 Majic

Sitting out on this road
Here comes someone; I don't even know
Tears are rolling down my cheeks
It's starting to get hard to see
My short trimmed hair sticking to my face
There's a shadow covering me
As they ask, "Why are you crying?"

Piling this dirt on me
I can feel each lurking insect
Crawling on me…
I can feel these hands, jerking me down
Beneath this soil…
Holding these shovels
Driving me down, full of your lies
Why can't I love her?
Are you afraid; is that why you hide?

Sitting out on this road
Here comes someone; I don’t even know
Tears are rolling down my cheeks
It's starting to get hard to see
My short trimmed hair sticking to my face
Staring across the street…
I see you don't care at all
Why can't you see past the wall
You’re locked between…

Piling this dirt on me
I can feel each lurking insect
Crawling on me…
I can feel these hands, jerking me down
Beneath this soil…
Holding these shovels
Driving me down, full of your lies
Why can't I love her?
Are you afraid; is that why you hide?
Even a stranger cares about me
More than you do

Dirt in my nails; dirt in my hair
It's everywhere
Dirt in my ears; dirt in my eyes
Am I going to die?
Dirt in my throat; dirt in my mouth
I can't yell out!
I can't breathe now…

Even a stranger cares more about me
than you do

When I cry
You try to cover your ears
When I call your name
You look the other way
And when I die
Would you cry?

It hurts to hear
You say you care
Yet lately when I look
You're never there
So, is it true?
When you told me how you felt?
Do you really like me?
Or did you just say it to shut me up?

So, is it true?
What you said?
Or did you just say it so my tears would end?
It's sad to know
Even a stranger cares more about me
Than you do