What heart
What hand
What deep, aching soul
Could start
Could stand
In place behind this wall

And listen
And know
Such pain
Without so much as a word
Even a word in vain

Why now
Why here
Where sadness already drains
Can't see
Can't feel
Too numb in this pouring rain

We pretend in sleep
To rest a wary eye
But unknown
This torment
Lasts all night

Dreams drift on seas of sleepless slumber
Nightmares wrestle and pull us under
Heavy hearts and heavier minds
Wrap us in chains all the time.