Lyrics
Prison of Depression
By Ian G. Clifton
March 19th, 2003
Everyone standing in a graveyard
The rain pouring down from above
Everyone buries their secrets
And away flies the white dove
The tears blend with the rain
The cold isn't why we're red
We're holding in our secrets
Not a word is really said
We all have so much inside
Personal memories that we keep
No-one really knows
How we can be so deep
It's the Prison of depression
You make it all alone
It's so cold and dark inside
Chilling to your very bone
Everyone on the outside
Doesn't see the prison you made
All the while your happiness
Is the quickest memory to fade
Do you remember being alone
You thought your friends had left you
You didn't want to leave your room
You didn't know what to do
Your heart ached so badly
Your cold hands on the phone
You hated everyone else
Yet you perpetuated being alone
You didn't want to go on
You sought comfort in sorrow
You were so depressed
You already hated tomorrow
It's the Prison of depression
You make it all alone
It's so cold and dark inside
Chilling to your very bone
Everyone on the outside
Doesn't see the prison you made
All the while your happiness
Is the quickest memory to fade
You thought you were doomed
You wouldn't be happy any more
Every morning you woke up
Eyes red from the night before
Depression is a prison
One so hard to leave
The only way to get out
Is to have faith and believe
It always helps to have someone
Who can guide you free
But it is your own eyes
With which you have to see
It's the Prison of depression
You make it all alone
It's so cold and dark inside
Chilling to your very bone
Everyone on the outside
Doesn't see the prison you made
All the while your happiness
Is the quickest memory to fade
Someone's waiting on the other side
They want to see you smile
They can't remember when you last did
Only that it has been a while
When you embrace that person
You'll wonder why it took so long
At that point you'll know
Why depression is so wrong
You won't be crying about today
At least not tears so sad
You'll cry about the past
And the depression that you had
It's the Prison of depression
You make it all alone
It's so cold and dark inside
Chilling to your very bone
Everyone on the outside
Doesn't see the prison you made
All the while your happiness
Is the quickest memory to fade
Now the sun shines so brightly
You didn't notice it before
Now you can smile and laugh and cheer
Away from the depression ever-more
Just remember the people
Who are in the prison today
You should give them hope
They'll listen to what you say
It's the Prison of depression
You make it all alone
It's so cold and dark inside
Chilling to your very bone
Everyone on the outside
Doesn't see the prison you made
All the while your happiness
Is the quickest memory to fade