[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