I play out my role   Why I've even been out walking   They tell me that it helps   But I know when I'm beaten   All those lonely films   And all those lonely parties   But now the feeling is off-screen   An' the tears for real not acted, anymore      I'm all mixed up inside   I want to run but I can't hide   And however much we try   We can't escape the truth and the fact is      Don't matter what I do   It don't matter what I do   Don't matter what I do   Don't matter what I do   Don't matter what I do   'Cause I end up hurting you      One more covered sigh   And one more glance you know means goodbye   Can't you see that's why   We're dashing ourselves against the rocks of a lifetime      (In my mind different voices call)   What once was pleasure now's pain for us all   (In my heart only shadows fall)   I once stood proud now I feel so small   (I don't know whether to laugh or cry)   The long hot summer just passed me by