irene's song

falling apart
her complacency is shattered
her life is in tatters
i thought we could handle it until

suddenly everything just falls apart
suddenly she's fumbling her way through the dark
suddenly i'm reaching but she's way too far
is there nothing i can do?

walls going up
they muffle my voice as i
question her choices,
but she's too far gone now

i wish that i could get through to her now
i wish i could help her through it somehow
i wish i could break through these walls she's allowed
to build up but there's nothing i can do

swamped in helplessness
i'm tired of trying
to startle her out of herself
and she's so far away now

i know that when she's alone, you're still beside her
i know when she needs to talk, you can talk to her
we have to use you if we want to help her
there's still nothing i can do