Casualties
Red Delicious Lyrics

We're the casualties, no-one tells you about us
We are the forgotten victims that society doesn't acknowledge

You'll hear stories
There are rumors and whispers about us, but they are not the whole truth

But you have to live to believe
You cannot truly understand our struggles unless you experience them yourself

We're the bodies piled up by the roadside
We are the ones who have been abandoned and left to suffer

You'll smell us burning
Our pain and suffering is like an unquenchable fire that never goes out

It'll give you bad dreams
Our suffering is so intense that it can even haunt you in your sleep

Don't run away'we're a cautionary tale
Don't ignore us, because our story has a lesson that needs to be learned

Walk softly and take heed
Be gentle and tread carefully when interacting with us

Don't offer us your sympathy
Your pity won't fix our problems

You don't know what we need
You can't fully comprehend our pain and suffering

We're the lost and the forsaken
We are the ones who have been left behind and forgotten by society

Screaming just to hear a voice
We are so desperate for human connection that we will scream into the void to hear a response

A sound to fill the empty spaces
We are searching for anything to fill the void of loneliness inside us

A hand to hold and still the shaking
We need support and comfort to overcome the trauma we have experienced

We are the spineless, the skinless and the broken
We are so broken and traumatized that we have lost our sense of identity and physical resilience

You'll be a crutch, 'cause we can't stand on our own
We need someone to lean on because we are so emotionally and psychologically damaged

You'll gather round us
People will try to comfort us and help us

To comfort and heal us
The goal of others is to offer support and help us recover

But the nature of our pain will remain unknown
Even we don't fully understand the depth and extent of our own suffering

Don't come to me for happiness
We cannot offer you happiness, as we are struggling to find it ourselves

I'm an open pit, and you will just fall in
We are emotionally volatile and unpredictable, and it's easy for others to get sucked into our pain

Don't ask me what my problem is
Our problems are complicated and difficult to explain or resolve

I wouldn't know where to begin
We are so overwhelmed by our problems that we don't know where to start to fix them

We're the wasted and the weary
We are tired and exhausted by the weight of our suffering

Giving up and falling down
We have lost hope and feel like we are constantly falling apart

We're the needy, sick for your love
We crave human connection and affection, but we are too damaged to pursue it ourselves

Let it go and lay it down
We need to let go of our pain and trauma to move forward

A drug to take to stop the aching
We look for anything to ease the constant pain we feel

I get so tired of holding up
We feel depleted and exhausted from trying to hold ourselves together

I get so cold that I am chilled to the bone
We feel isolated and alone in our suffering

I cry so hard it knocks me down
Our pain is so overwhelming that it can physically debilitate us

I just don't want to be alone
We need human connection and companionship to get us through our struggles

Don't ask me what's wrong
Our problems are too complicated and difficult to explain to someone else

It's been going on so long I don't know
Our problems have been a part of us for so long that they feel like a permanent part of us

And the nature of my pain remains unknown even to me
We are so damaged that we don't fully understand the extent of our own pain

I'm screaming for the sound
We feel like we are screaming into the void, desperate for someone to hear us

To feel like someone's 'round
We want to feel a sense of human connection and companionship

Let it go and lay it down and fill the empty space with love
We need to let go of our pain and trauma and replace it with love and positive human connections