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Casualty
by Toni Kathol



We’re the casualties, no one tells you about us.

You’ll hear stories, but you’d have to live to believe.

We’re the bodies piled up by the roadside.

You’ll smell us burning; it’ll give you bad dreams.

Don’t runaway; we’re a cautionary tale.

Walk softly and take heed.

Don’t offer us your sympathy; you don’t know what we need.

 

We’re the lost and the forsaken’, screaming just to hear a voice.

A sound to fill the empty spaces, I had to hold to still the shaking.

 

We’re the spineless, the skinless, and the broken.

You’ll be crutch ‘cause we can’t stand on our own.

You’ll gather ‘round us to comfort and heal us,

But the nature of our pain will remain unknown.

Don’t come to me for happiness,

I’m an open pit and you will just fall in.

Don’t ask me what my problem is,

I wouldn’t know where to begin.

 

We’re the lost and the forsaken’, screaming just to hear a voice.

A sound to fill the empty spaces, I had to hold and still the shaking.

Let it go and lay it down, the love I need to stop the aching.

 

I get so tired of holding up,

I get so cold that I am chilled to the bone.

I cry so hard it knocks me down,

I just don’t want to be alone.

 

We’re the lost and the forsaken’, screaming just to hear a voice.

A sound to fill the empty spaces, I had to hold and still the shaking.

We’re the wasted and the weary, screaming just to hear a voice,

A sound to fill the empty spaces, I had to hold and still the shaking.

 

I’m so tired of holding on; I’m giving up and falling down.

I don’t wanna be alone, ‘cause it chills me to the bone.

So don’t ask me what’s wrong, it’s been going on so terribly long.

I don’t even know what is wrong.

 

I’m wasted and I’m cold

I need a hand to hold.

And the nature of my pain remains unknown even to me.

I’m screaming for the sound, ‘cause I feel like someone’s ‘round.

Let it go and lay it down, and fill the empty space with love.