Casualties

We're the casualties
 No-one tells you about us
 You'll hear stories
 But you have to live to believe
 We're the bodies
 Piled up by the roadside
 You'll smell us burning
 It'll give you bad dreams
 Don't run away
 We're a cautionary tale
 Walk softly
 And take heed
 Don't offer us
 Your sympathy
 You don't know
 What we need
 We're the lost and the forsaken
 Screaming just to hear a voice
 A sound to fill the empty spaces
 A hand to hold and still the shaking
 We're the spineless
 The skinless and the broken
 You'll be a crutch
 Cause we can't stand on our own
 You'll gather round us
 To comfort and heal us
 But the nature of our pain
 Will remain unknown
 Don't come to me
 For happiness
 I'm an open pit
 And you will just fall in
 Don't ask me
 What my problem is
 I wouldn't know
 Where to begin
 We're the lost and the forsaken
 Screaming just to hear a voice
 A sound to fill the empty spaces
 A hand to hold and still the shaking
 We're the wasted and the weary
 Giving up and falling down
 We're the needy, sick for your love
 A hand to hold to still the shaking
 Let it go and lay it down
 A drug to take to stop the aching
 I get so tired of holding on
 I get so cold that I am chilled to the bone
 I cry so hard it knocks me down
 I just don't want to be alone
 We're the lost and the forsaken
 Screaming just to hear a voice
 A sound to fill the empty spaces
 A hand to hold and still the shaking
 We're the wasted and the weary
 Giving up and falling down
 We're the needy, sick for your love
 A hand to hold to still the shaking
 Don't offer sympathy
 (Let it go and lay it down)
 Cause you don't know what I need
 I'm so tired of holding on
 (Let it go and lay it down)
 Giving up and falling down
 I don't wanna be alone
 (Let it go and lay it down)
 And it chills me to the bone
 So don't ask me what's wrong
 (Let it go and lay it down)
 Going on so long, I don't know
 I'm wasted and I'm cold
 (Let it go and lay it down)
 And I need a hand to hold
 The nature of my pain
 (Let it go and lay it down)
 Remains unknown to even me
 Screaming for a sound
 (Let it go and lay it down)
 Cause I feel like someone's around
 Let it go and lay it down
 (Let it go and lay it down)
 Fill the empty space with love