Language of the Lost

In the city of the dead, I lay stuck inside my bed

The house burns down around me

The language of the lost pouring from their open mouths

Nobody can hear a thing

Suddenly, I'm breathing in the smoke

Surrounded by the bodies

As I'm tugging on my chains, I'll be swallowed by the flames

Freedom dripping from the sink

I don't need forgiveness

I just wanna talk, and for you to listen

I know I'd only raise the suspicion of my cause

My burns, they throb to the beat of your heart

Am I a robot or a doll? Am I anything at all?

Maybe a soul like me doesn't even need to know

Am I big or am I small? Hunching over, standing tall?

I lost my identity, oh, so very long ago

Software update, reinstall, scary things I can't recall

Making the best of it, never even knowing why

On my knees, I try to crawl, fire breaking in the walls

Calling out for somebody, knowing I'll get no reply

As I woke up from the dream, I had lost all self-esteem

The burning home had cowed me

I thought that I was safe, now I'll never be the same

Tossed aside for making a scene

Do I know who I pretend to be?

Of whom am I a copy?

Yes, it made me who I am, but I'll never understand

Why it had to happen to me

Temperament or sickness?

Holler all you want, no one ever listens

If only I had raised my suspicion of the cause

Would you have noticed it at all?

If I'm a robot or a doll, am I anything at all?

Maybe a thing like me doesn't deserve to know

Am I big or am I small? Hunching over, standing tall?

I lost my identity oh, so very long ago

Ones and zeros, true or false? Reset system to default

Faking the rest of it, but I can't remember why

On my knees, I try to crawl, fire charred, collapsing walls

Crying out for somebody, there is no one to reply

Not robot nor a doll, I'm not anything at all

I'm just an entity finding out the way to go

But these fingers and these palms, full of love despite the scars

They show indisputably, I have so much more to grow

Oh, I can change, I can evolve, I can get up when I fall

I'll live contentedly, I don't need a reason why

Standing tall and standing strong, I have found where I belong

In the arms of somebody, there is no more need to cry

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