COMMUTED - two naked mannequins spot each other from across the room

And I start to shake, cause I never know what I'm supposed to say
Cause I'm reading from a script I can't translate
And even though I'm older, I am still so damn afraid
Of looking in or choking up, cause I can't trust what people say

Cause I was born an alien, and so I can't relate
And my emotions like a greeting card that always shows up late
So now I'm on a mission to understand how people think
When I was getting close to you I think it had me on the brink

And it's hard to take, that you can watch that passion all just wash away
And that you think of all the words when it's too late
Cause even though I'm older, I am still so damn afraid
Of looking in or choking up, because I can't make people stay

I guess that's one thing that'll never change
Cause I'm still stuck inside my brain
And I'm still feeling trapped inside my cage
And even though I'm older, I am still so damn afraid
Of looking in or choking up, from all this shit that I can't change

To think that I could never see, the person that you wanted me to be
Another version of the person that you'd paint on top of me
Like two naked mannequins, that occupy this space
While hiding bones and only clothes to show the love that they could make

And so instead I'll ride this wave and instead I'll take this stage
And instead I'll thrash and yell in this new universe I've made
So two naked mannequins, we'll stay alone and safe
But in a bitter state of mourning for the chance they didn't take

And in a bitter state of mourning for the life they didn't make

Written by:
David Eatock

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