Locked away

I can't go on pretending anymore
This sickness
This sadness
Is like a tiger wanting to roar

It's locked up inside me
Bottled up nice and tight
Can you help me find the key?
Or maybe the light?

I can't let it out
Yet it's eating me alive
It's like I'm walking through a drought
A struggle to survive

Even though my cries are silent
I wish somebody could hear
They're becoming pretty violent
And scaring me with fear

Why can't I just let it go?
And cry a million tears
Sometimes I just want to go with the flow
And enjoy my teenage years

But as time went on I got worse and worse
I think about taking my life
And as I sit here next to the nurse
I wonder where I put that knife