You hold me inside your iris  like a terminal stain on life  You condescend to my primal brain  and twist me around like a knife  Can't begin to explain  The feelings I have restrained  Don't ask me how I am  Because you're too busy planning your epitaph  Let me tell you    DON'T - try to be the ONE - person  Who has STAYED - just to say  They never left me!  Aggravated, complicated, someone say it  God, I never learn...    You keep me hidden behind a curtain,  an audible human display  You feed me orchids to give me courage  and keep me in line with disdain    Can't begin to explain  The feelings I have restrained  Don't ask me how I am  Because you're too busy planning your epitaph  Let me tell you    DON'T - try to be the ONE - person  Who has STAYED - just to say  They never left me!  Aggravated, complicated, someone say it  God, I never learn:    I have nothing left for you...  you left me with nothing    I live at arm's length and die a little,  between your constants by day  I want my soul back before it's over,  I can't even wish you away    Can't begin to explain  The feelings I have restrained  Don't ask me how I am  Because you're too busy planning your epitaph  Let me tell you    DON'T - try to be the ONE - person  Who has STAYED - just to say  They never left me!  Aggravated, complicated, someone say it  God, I never learn:    I NEVER LEARN!!