We're the casualties

No-one tells you about us

You'll hear stories

But you have to live to believe

We're the bodies

Piled up by the roadside

You'll smell us burning

It'll give you bad dreams



Don't run away

We're a cautionary tale

Walk softly

And take heed

Don't offer us

Your sympathy

You don't know

What we need



We're the lost and the forsaken

Screaming just to hear a voice

A sound to fill the empty spaces

A hand to hold and still the shaking



We're the spineless

The skinless and the broken

You'll be a crutch

Cause we can't stand on our own

You'll gather round us

To comfort and heal us

But the nature of our pain

Will remain unknown



Don't come to me

For happiness

I'm an open pit

And you will just fall in

Don't ask me

What my problem is

I wouldn't know

Where to begin



We're the lost and the forsaken

Screaming just to hear a voice

A sound to fill the empty spaces

A hand to hold and still the shaking



We're the wasted and the weary

Giving up and falling down

We're the needy, sick for your love

A hand to hold to still the shaking



Let it go and lay it down

A drug to take to stop the aching



I get so tired of holding on

I get so cold that I am chilled to the bone

I cry so hard it knocks me down

I just don't want to be alone



We're the lost and the forsaken

Screaming just to hear a voice

A sound to fill the empty spaces

A hand to hold and still the shaking



We're the wasted and the weary

Giving up and falling down

We're the needy, sick for your love

A hand to hold to still the shaking



Don't offer sympathy

(Let it go and lay it down)

Cause you don't know what I need

I'm so tired of holding on

(Let it go and lay it down)

Giving up and falling down

I don't wanna be alone

(Let it go and lay it down)

And it chills me to the bone

So don't ask me what's wrong

(Let it go and lay it down)

Going on so long, I don't know

I'm wasted and I'm cold

(Let it go and lay it down)

And I need a hand to hold

The nature of my pain

(Let it go and lay it down)

Remains unknown to even me

Screaming for a sound

(Let it go and lay it down)

Cause I feel like someone's around

Let it go and lay it down

(Let it go and lay it down)

Fill the empty space with love