All those people that I've lost are still alive Somewhere out of site, burying themselves A voice turns on inside that says, "You have to make it right There must be something you can say, if you try" Make it clever, make it count But when I say the words out loud I know it's over It's over before it begins "I'm here to do what I think is best" I say to myself curled up in bed I'll find some phrases Find some melodies Find some kind of truth I'll find a way to reach you I'll make it clever, make it count But when I say the words out loud I know it's over It's over before it begins And in the end this is only for me The only way it's ever been The only way it could be And in the end this is only for me The only way it's ever been The only way it could be