Wearing The Inside Out

Pink Floyd

   From morning to night I stayed out of sight
   Didn't recognise 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 to
   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 to break
   Not beating much
   
   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
   
   I'm creeping back to life
   My nervous system all awry
   I'm wearing the inside out
   
   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
   ...to 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 to break
   Ourselves again