Solitary Refinement

i’m all alone with my arms wrapped around myself
and they all offer nice words of encouragement
plaster on a smile and say
everything is just fine
everything will be alright
oh how I envy them
come down now cos i’ll soon forget
that i’m sitting across from no one
i’m imagining
everything will be alright
and i’m afraid to say
to be wanted like that everyday
got your back to me, where’d you go
i’m out here all alone
everything will be alright
quicksand chest makes me feel
i’m dying bound hands block my ears
plaster on a smile and say
everything is just fine
everything will be alright
I forgot there’s no one sitting across from me
and I make up nice stories of the things we’d say
plaster on a smile and say
everything is just fine
everything will be alright