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


Clouds go rollin by as i lay floatin in a stream of semi-consciousness
i'll follow it till the end or at least till i drown in my seperate 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 then most but so what
we shared everything - even some things we shouldn't have shared
like my seperate 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 now and her name is tattoed 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
seperate reality - sorry there's only room for me
my seperate reality - sorry there's only room for me
sorry there's only room for me