Touch


Far away from modern man
Locked outside so far from mainstream
Catch me catch me if you can
Locked outside too far to redeem
Giving back as good as I get
Learning to roll with the blows
What makes you think fate is set
When shattered is the hourglass through which time flows
Yet still I wait out here in nowhere
Waiting for my time to come
The touch of love is waiting somewhere
But hate's still what I'm hiding from
Condemnation beckons to me
Hope is what still keeps me free
The touch of kindness helps me to see
But I still fear humanity
Pictures in my mind so vivid
Yesterday used to be so clear
What you'd want I'd have and give it
Now my vision's blurred by tears
Shut up in these padded walls
Nothing here is how it should be
Victimized by jerk-off laws
You can't see the forest for the trees
And touch is the power
From which pain flees.