The world is locked outside my head  And I refuse to let it in  I don't find peace in the things I've done  Or the places that I've been  I feel the sides of a velvet trap  That holds me tight at bay  I want to sail and think blue sky  But my life has blocked the way  I wanted so to do great things  To leave them all in awe  But instead I blundered into things  That I never even saw  Now every man has got his cross  Yes, the one that he must bear  And no life, I know, can be complete  Without the need to care  A need to care  But a coldness falls around my soul  Like a curtain on a stage  And thoughts that should be gentle ones  Come on like burning rage  In a crowded room I'm all alone  I don't care what's being said  In spite of all that's going on  Creative thought is dead  If all I hate is removed today  What I want is not what's left  Because the dragons aren't really real, you know  They're all within your self  Now every man has got his cross  Yes, the one that he must bear  And no life I know can be complete  Without the need to care  A need to care