Wearing the Inside Out

From morning to night, I stayed out of sight
 Didn't recognize I'd become
 No more than alive, I'd barely survive
 In a word, overrun
 Won't hear a sound (he's curled into the corner)
 From my mouth (but still the screen is flickering)
 I've spent too long (with an endless stream of garbage)
 On the inside out (curse the place)
 My skin is cold (in a sea of random images)
 To the human touch (the self-destructing animal)
 This bleeding heart's (waiting for the waves)
 Not beating much (to break)
 I murmured a vow of silence, and now
 I don't even hear when I think aloud
 Extinguished by light, I turn on the night
 Wear its darkness with an empty smile
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 I'm creeping back to life
 My nervous system all awry
 I'm wearing the inside out
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 Look at him now, he's paler somehow
 
 But he's coming around
 He's starting to choke, it's been so long since he spoke
 Well, he can have the words right from my mouth
 And with these words, I can see
 Clear through the clouds that covered me
 Just give it time, then speak my name
 Now we can hear ourselves again
 I'm holding out (he's standing on the threshold)
 For the day (caught in fiery anger)
 When all the clouds (and hurled into the furnace)
 Have blown away (he'll curse the place)
 I'm with you now (he's torn in all directions)
 Can speak your name (and still the screen is flickering)
 Now we can hear (waiting for the flames)
 Ourselves again (to break)