Light seems so much brighter and noise explodes from every direction You all look at me and I see judgment with an alternative motive Though I keep my head down in the hopes no one will notice that I've tasted betrayal of the worst kind Where these aftershocks could drive anyone mad But I'm still alive you see... continuing to do it all on my own Pushing though that painful film while trying to accept this occasional limp But I once made a "difference" as I always did When really all I needed to do was take each day one day at a time