• I sit alone
    In a darkened room
    The door is locked
    There’s no escape

    There are no windows
    There are only walls
    They’re closing in
    I’m suffocating

    I scream for help
    I hit the floor
    I pull out my razor
    I can’t take any more!

    I shoot up in bed
    A bed not my own
    This room isn’t mine either
    But I’m still all alone

    I’m sweating like mad
    I don’t want to die
    I’m scared and I’m frightened
    I can’t even cry

    My wrists were cut open
    The bandages red
    There are scars on my arms
    From the places I’ve bled

    The monitor beeps
    My pulse on the screen
    It goes faster and faster
    The numbers flash green

    My eyes start to close
    I’m trying to fight
    My body starts shaking
    It’s out of control!

    The doctors rush in
    A crash team they call
    My world’s going black
    I’m starting to fall

    My breathing is slowing
    This can’t be the end!
    I’m not supposed to die here!
    Is this a mistake?

    One slow, long beep
    Is the sound to be heard
    It rings through the hospital
    Like the lament of a bird

    The nurses depart
    The doctor shakes his head
    He calls up my mother
    “I’m sorry, she’s dead.”

    My eyes shoot wide open
    I’m home once again
    I take in a breath
    It was all just a dream?

    I could have been dead
    But I’m alive for today
    That dream that I had
    Has shown me the way

    The scars are still there
    But they’re starting to fade
    My choice is to live
    I put the razor away

    There is always a choice
    Through the good and the bad
    The choice to be happy
    The choice to be sad

    They impact your life
    Those choices you make
    So think of what happens
    Don’t make my mistake