Wearing the inside out

“Didn't recognise I'd become
No more than alive I'd barely survive…
Won't hear a sound
From my mouth
I've spent too long
On the inside out.
My skin is cold
To the human touch
This bleeding heart's
Not beating much…

I murmured a vow of silence and now
I don't even hear when I think aloud.
Extinguished by light I turn on the night
Wear its darkness with an empty smile

I can see
Clear through the clouds that covered me
Just give it time, now we can hear ourselves again

I'm holding out
For the day
When all the clouds
Have blown away
I'm with you now
Can speak your name
Now we can hear
Ourselves again…”

(Pink Floyd, adapted)