Talking Pictures Fucked Up

Then it was dark, and quiet, like the world had been put to bed
But I knew after what I’d seen, that I could never go to sleep again
When the lights go low you see just how alone you are
As far as I walked, it seemed I hadn’t gotten anywhere
And when I looked behind me, I saw it all fade into the air
Just the faces, froze, laughing in their pale glow
So happily comatose, flat like a neon rose
And now I know things they’ll never know
And I’m going somewhere, somewhere they can’t go
I’ve seen what, seen what I’ve got inside
I’ve got to take it through to the other side
She said, “Once you’ve seen the world changed
Nothing will ever seem the same again”
There is something true deep in my mind
Something I’ve got to go down and find
It starts to rain then as I walk
They’re all just pictures that can talk
Living trapped inside a frame
Out here I don’t even have a name
But I know, I know things they’ll never know
And I’m going, going somewhere they can’t go
I’ve seen what, seen what I’ve got inside
I’ve got to take it through to the other side
So I keep walking, walking into the unknown
But I’m so scared, I’m so afraid to go
Mother, find me; mother, I’m lost here all alone
But I know I’ve got to, got to get there on my own
I asked the pictures where to go
They stared back at me like stones
Warm like bodies but so cold
So full of veins but got no roll
A world of strangers staring back
Still plugged in, but can’t connect
If you can’t see me, am I even here?
If you turned me off, would I disappear?
I wish I could stay, but I’ve played this game
Where every single day is the same
It’s so hard to walk on, by yourself
Through the paragons of nothingness
And I know, I know things they’ll never know
And I’m going, going somewhere they can’t go
I’ve seen what, seen what I’ve got inside
I’ve got to take it through to the other side