Casualties - Red Delicious

We’re the casualties, no-one tells you about us

You’ll hear stories

But you have to live to believe

We’re the bodies piled up by the roadside

You’ll smell us burning

It’ll give you bad dreams

Don’t run away’we’re a cautionary tale

Walk softly and take heed

Don’t offer us your sympathy

You don’t know what we need

We’re the lost and the forsaken

Screaming just to hear a voice

A sound to fill the empty spaces

A hand to hold and still the shaking

We are the spineless, the skinless and the broken

You’ll be a crutch, 'cause we can’t stand on our own

You’ll gather round us

To comfort and heal us

But the nature of our pain will remain unknown

Don’t come to me for happiness

I’m an open pit, and you will just fall in

Don’t ask me what my problem is

I wouldn’t know where to begin

We’re the lost and the forsaken

Screaming just to hear a voice

A sound to fill the empty spaces

A hand to hold and still the shaking

We’re the wasted and the weary

Giving up and falling down

We’re the needy, sick for your love

A hand to hold and still the shaking

Let it go and lay it down

A drug to take to stop the aching

I get so tired of holding up

I get so cold that I am chilled to the bone

I cry so hard it knocks me down

I just don’t want to be alone

We’re the lost and the forsaken

Screaming just to hear a voice

A sound to fill the empty spaces

A hand to hold and still the shaking

Don’t offer sympathy

'Cause you don’t know what I need

I’m so tired of holding up that I’m giving up and falling down

I don’t want to be alone

And it chills me to the bone

So don’t ask me what’s wrong

It’s been going on so long I don’t know

I’m wasted and I’m cold

And I need a hand to hold

And the nature of my pain remains unknown even to me

I’m screaming for the sound

To feel like someone’s 'round

Let it go and lay it down and fill the empty space with love