BLIND


It's not enough to just be alive
I have to be heard
But I want to speak low

There isn't enough time
To just be around
I have to speak for my friends
When my voice is not heard
There must be something wrong

Why am I so down on myself
The question is asked
I'm not

They see things in me
That I cannot see
Perhaps it is explained that way

Because I don't whistle
And tell of my feelings
I cannot be happy
I can't enjoy life
Perhaps I hate myself, and I don't even know

Never guessing
Because never asking
And never stopping to think that
Maybe I'm in love with life
And maybe the world does not burden my shoulders
Perhaps they think it should

Can they hear me laughing
Can they hear me jumping
Can anyone around me
Feel the joy inside

Why can't they hear my laughter
Why can't they share it too
I've got so much
And I can spare it if they need
But nobody understands
How great it is to live inside me
That's where I keep my joy
For when I choose to show it

I know where it comes from
Yet I cannot control it
It seems to be trapped inside
Where nobody else can see
I can't understand
Why nobody knows I'm fine
I've never felt better
But I guess there is no escape
When people tell you how you are

I may not be happy to them
I may be down in their eyes
I know I couldn't be happier
But everyone is blind


24/4/97