If all the world is a stage
What part am I supposed to play?
A fool for love? The naive dreamer?
I'm hopeless either way...

I once wore my heart upon my sleeve
And it was blown away by the breeze
Now I wear a pain that no one sees
It comes and goes but never leaves

Sweet nothings were exactly that
Wasted whispers in my ear
All your truths turn to a lie
When emotions change from year to year

I'm not as cold and cruel as I appear
I only long to feel something sincere
Since my heart strings were cut by my puppeteer
All I've known is doubt and fear

Trusting in the will of God
Has been as good as being blind
Hiding in the shadows, he remains
The best thing I'll never find

When you close your mind and eyes
You miss the ones you should lionize
You're feeding egos and stroking ids
And none of them are mine

I'll cast my dreams into the sea
So they'll wash up on another shore
And be found by someone who needs them more
Someone whose never had a dream before

Take them, they're free...
They never did a thing for me
They never meant a thing to me
They never changed a thing for me

Draining all that is in my sight
Drive a stake through these eyes
They are vampires who have long forgot
How it once felt to feel alive