Sometimes I feel a little scared

With those who

Should be keeping me

Safe.

But instead of safe

I'm tense and frightened,

Anxious that any minute,

Any second,

The volcano will blow,

The ash will smother me,

And lava will strike,

And I will choke and burn.

Spit flies from furious lips,

And I close my eyes

And retreat to a safe nowhere

And cry,

And wish myself away.

My fault.

My fault.

Everything is my fault.

Just a kid. I'm just a stupid kid.

Tell me what I've done,

Please, explain it in better terms than

Yelling and smashing

And scaring me to death

Just a stupid kid.

I never listen,

Never listen,

But I don't lie,

Don't ever disobey.

Let me fall

Asleep

And go to my special

Nowhere,

Where I can finally feel

Safe.

Nowhere is safe.

Nowhere is always safe.