Lost within my own fear
Back in the shadows, alone
Find nobody to be near
Won’t venture here

Jaded eyes and bitter smile
Too fragile to risk hello
Been here for a while
Walking forever this mile

Come closer – so I can feel you
Come closer – so you can tease me
Come closer – so I can hate you
Come closer – so you can wonder why

Forced to face the terror alone
Tortured to madness by myself
Trying to turn my heart into stone
Afraid to see how I’ve grown

Talking to myself under the bed
My laughter, my tears unseen
Did the silent god here what I said?
Or does he, too, wish me dead?

Come closer – so I can feel you
Come closer – so you can tease me
Come closer – so I can hate you
Come closer – so you can wonder why

Haunted by a narrow past
Dreaming of lives impossible
Memory of naught but fast
I don’t know if I can last

Felt the smiles behind my back
Cruel and harsh this sarcastic view
Can there be anything I don’t lack
I’m just waiting to fade into black

Come closer – so I can feel you
Come closer – so you can tease me
Come closer – so I hate can you
Come closer – so you can wonder why

Faithless, hurting and a little dark
Behind my eyes I cannot watch
Long ago branded by the mark
Left to quell my storming heart

Princess that I was told to be
Still trying to make believe
Cannot quell the unrest to see
Defeat is not the end of me

Come closer – so I can feel you
Come closer – so you can tease me
Come closer – so I can hate you
Come closer – so you can wonder why

Come closer – If I share with you
Come closer – If you care for me
Come closer – If I don’t hurt you
Come closer – If you can save me from myself

Come closer – so I can feel you
Come closer – so you can tease me
Come closer – so I can hate you
Come closer – so you can wonder why