Confines - Withdrawn lyrics

what's the incentive to speak my mind when it's just so easy to bury my feelings deep down inside when nothing's ventured then nothing's betrayed and I give nothing away inquiring minds want to know and their hungry hands push and pull but the more you push the further away I get and content to elude your grasp I remain withdrawn eyes to the ground fixed grin on my face avoid conversation with those who could never understand I feel the weight of their judgment as it's pressed upon me their leering eyes and knowing looks hushed whispers full of condemnation that seek to sentence me but I'm beyond reproach exiled in my mind withdrawn just one more day living on emotional lockdown systematically alienating the world around me as I make my move towards isolation the perfection of desire withdrawn I close my eyes and this world slips away retreat into myself down darkened hallways through the recesses of my mind far removed from the outside world free at last safe inside withdrawn