[Verse 1]
I've been standing here at this crumbling bridge since the bomb dropped
I've been standing here at this steep cliff since that day
I don't know which part of where I am is most frightening:
The fiery images burned in my brain, or that everyone I know was burned away
[Verse 2]
I talk to myself in my head and in my notebook
All my thoughts and my feelings are put into there
Stories enter my mind, both real and fake, and I write them down
I may be the only one to read them, but I've decided that I just don't care
[Chorus]
Because I will be alone for a long, long time
And I must learn to escape to a world that's mine
Because I don't know if I'll see another person again
If I see another person, oh when will that be?
[Verse 3]
Sometimes I walk into town just to see what is left
I dig through rubble to pick and choose what to take
Sometimes I take things just to destroy them
Sometimes I take things that I don't need just so that it feels like there's nothing at stake
[Chorus]
Because I will be alone for a long, long time
And I must learn to escape to a world that's mine
Because I don't know if I'll see another person again
If I see another person, oh when will that be?
Not 'til the end
[Chorus]
I have been alone for a long, long time
And I learned long ago to escape to a world that's mine
I know that I will never see another one again
If I see another person, I've reached the end
[Chorus]
Because I will be alone for a long, long time
And I must learn to remain in a world all mine
I don't know if I'll see another person again
If I see another person again
It'll be the end