Children in the playground, laughing and dancing in the street

All the colors of the rainbow - wrapped in childlike harmony

Me, I'm not laughing - I see things only as they were

When I first needed you - yeah, when I first needed you


Cars passing by - representing my life

I ain't old but I ain't young enough to cry like a baby

And I'm so scared but I won't tell you for fear you'll hate me more

Tough on the outside, tough on the outside - yeah, tough all over


Coulds go rollin' by as I lay floatin' in a stream of semi-consciousness

I'll follow it 'til the end or at least 'til I drown in my separate reality

Sorry there's only room for me


I used to have an angel - she took care of everything

Yeah, so sometimes we cried - maybe more than most, but so what

We shared everything - even some things we should not have shared

Like my separate reality - now there's only room for me


I walk among the criminals and I pray among the saints

And somewhere in between I try to scrape off this war paint

It's cold in here in the corner of my soul - so dark and lonely

Oh but I ain't never gonna let go


Children in the playground - laughing and dancing in the street

All the colors of the rainbow - wrapped in childlike harmony

Me, I'm not laughing or dancing - I see things only as they were

When I first needed you - yeah, when I first needed you


I used to have everything - now you won't even talk to me, but that's alright

'Cause I've got a new friend and her name is tattooed across my chest

And she won't let me down - 'cause I ain't never, never gonna let her in

Tough on the outside, tough on the outside - and it's surely tough

In my separate reality - sorry there's only room for me

In my separate reality - sorry there's only room for me, for me

Sorry there's only room for me