It's hard to see when all is dark
It's hard to hope when daylights gone


He walked the halls
on stumbling feet
as they pushed and shoved
as they made him bleed
The tears were saved
for dark and lonely nights
as he sat in bed
his knees hugged tight


In the darkness he cried in vain
In the starlight he hid his pain


They use their words
to maim his soul
A freak, a geek
"Die faggot!" "Whore!"
And words hurt deeper
then the bruise on his head
spreading like cancer
in his aching chest


So much hate and so much hurt
So much pain and still it went unheard


He was bruised and battered
his eyes begged for help
but still no-one saw
they all turned the other way
Pushed in to lockers
and kicked to the ground
He wished for an ending
but there was only one in his sight


And the end comes nearer, drawing close
as the world shudders, the wind goes cold

.

He's so tired
of being strong
It's too draining
when it's only a front
So he tries to escape
the only way he knows how
with a blade in the darkness
on a cold winter night


Would you call it madness trying to escape
from a world with so much injustice, so much hate?


And word travels fast
through the halls of his school
of a boy so lost
that they lost him too
And they can't comprehend
that this was the end
for a boy that wasn't really
so different from them


The light at the end of a tunnel or an oncoming train?
As the sun breaks through the darkness it's still too late


And reality kicks in
in the crowded school
and maybe now they'll realise
what their words could do
And maybe tomorrow
they'll try to act better
And maybe tomorrow
it really does get better