The world is locked outside my head

And I refuse to let it in

I don't find peace in the things I've done

Or the places that I've been

I feel the sides of a velvet trap

That holds me tight at bay

I want to sail and think blue sky

But my life has blocked the way

I wanted so to do great things

To leave them all in awe

But instead I blundered into things

That I never even saw

Now every man has got his cross

Yes, the one that he must bear

And no life, I know, can be complete

Without the need to care

A need to care

But a coldness falls around my soul

Like a curtain on a stage

And thoughts that should be gentle ones

Come on like burning rage

In a crowded room I'm all alone

I don't care what's being said

In spite of all that's going on

Creative thought is dead

If all I hate is removed today

What I want is not what's left

Because the dragons aren't really real, you know

They're all within your self

Now every man has got his cross

Yes, the one that he must bear

And no life I know can be complete

Without the need to care

A need to care