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Crushed

 

Can't seem to do much today

What could be the point anyway

When there’s nothing to look forward to

And there’s never anything new

After all that I’ve been through

Just what good would it do

Only to bring me down even more

While I wonder what its all for

 

Crushed     Crushed

Crushed     Crushed

 

What’s the sense in going on

When all the good is gone

And so much that’s gone wrong

While you’re telling me just be strong

But you have no idea what it’s like

To go through your darkest night

When there appears no end in sight

And you have to go on living life

 

 Crushed     Crushed 

Crushed     Crushed

 

This is the worse place I’ve ever been

It’s as if my life’s caved in

How am I supposed to continue on

When there’s only a vacant horizon

You think you know what I’m going through

But you don’t even have a clue

Until you’re right where I am

You couldn’t possibly understand

 

Crushed     Crushed

Crushed     Crushed

I'm not on solid ground

With no path to be found

Trudging through shifting sands

Unsure of who I am

You see only what I lack

But I'm more than that

One day you could snap

And land on this side of the tracks

Crushed   Crushed

Crushed   Crushed

 

How did it ever come to this

Barely holding on by my fingertips

Help me find the key to the door

That’ll lead me back up to the ground floor

 

I’m beyond feelin’ blue

And I don’t know what to do

Going in circles inside my head

In fear of what lies ahead

Everything just seems unreal

How am I to even deal

When I can hardly face the day

So scary living life this way

 

Crushed     Crushed

Crushed     Crushed

 

Why should I even try

 I feel so dead inside

The world I once knew is shattered

And nothins left that matters

If I appear worn and frayed

Well I’m not at my best these days

I’m past caring about things like that

Since it all turned dark to black

Has life passed me by

And has the well run dry

The question not to ask

Is have I really crashed

No doubt I'm in the muck

And way down on my luck

Would it be better to deny

Or just crawl off and die 

 

Crushed     Crushed

Crushed     Crushed

 

Finding myself so very far adrift

Stranded here in this dark abyss

Will I ever come back up for air

In hopes of seeing a glimmer of daylight there

From here the view looks bleak

As I can hardly speak

Has my will grown weak

Or am I up the creek

With this load I bear

Sinking in despair

Its always in my my face 

Is this desperate place

 

So you’ve got the cure for my woes

But you're not one to know

‘Cause you’ve never gone down this road

You couldn’t imagine ever feeling this low

Still you’re telling me what’s so

Yet how deep a path have you hoed

Since you know best what I should do

Try standing in my shoes

 

Crushed     Crushed

Crushed     Crushed

 

 How you doin’ today

Is that what you mean to say

‘Cause you might not wanna hear

Words that soon give way to tears

You say to put a smile on my face

But I’d rather go on than be a fake

While I’m tryin’ to be with what’s real

Some day you’ll know how it feels

 

To be crushed     Crushed

Crushed     Crushed

© 2016 Rich Stillwell
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