Awash on the tides of city rain   I flow through the streets and into the drains   Numbed by the gaze of uncaring faces   Try to offer my truth--but they drift away   Until the streets and myself have no name   No longer human--no longer the same   Lost all hope--lose all dreams--No more pain   Awake--I choke on human steam   And the stench of animal fear   Tonight I'm going to light a match   And let the sewer burn--until my soul is clear   Each night a thousand hearts are wasted   On those who don't care if they live or die   Each day I wade through vacant stares and wonder   Are they looking for the same things as I   I see the people turn away   And still hear every word they say   Hope someday I'll have the nerve   To put a bullet through my brain   And not a needle in my vein