I'm doing myself a crime

I'm running away all the time

Even though I cross the line

I pretend like I don't care

I tell myself a bunch of lies

Put a blindfold over my eyes

& turn a deaf ear to all the cries

I pretend that I don't care

I'm shrouded in darkness inside

I'm in a dilemma, I can't decide

To all reason, goodbye, I bide,

I pretend that I don't care

I refuse to look on straight

Of what I'll see, I'm so afraid

Despite what is told and said,

I pretend that I don't care

My senses have all gone numb

Poisoned, silenced, & finally dumb

From the moment I chose to succumb

& pretend that  I don't care

My footsteps lead to my doom

Amid the chaos I can't find room

I somehow need to pick up a broom

And stop pretending that I don't care