When The Headset Comes Off

Lyrics _____________________ I’m just here… In my grief Still trying. Even when I feel like dying… ⸻ I wake up every morning, V.R. lights dim Sometimes there’s somebody Some times it’s just the mirror The loneliness starts to creep in And I have to fight the need to stay in I’m not okay, I’m not fine, But I still get up, I still climb Through everything that hurts inside And I carry it every day! ⸻ I function, I talk, I breathe But I don’t always feel like me And nothing really lets me be What’s still somewhere inside of me ⸻ When the headset comes off, I’m alone again And the silence is deafening No voices, no crowd, no pretend Just me in the room I’m in When the headset comes off, The truth gets too real And I don’t know how to feel But I stay, even as I break, I just have to When the headset comes off ⸻ In V.R., I can almost feel again And the loneliness fades away But it’s all just fleeting There’s no one waiting outside of it for me It just is what it has to be And I stand there quietly Hoping one day it won’t be this way ⸻ I am not easy to hold I am still a broken soul In a life that’s lost control And grief that never gets old ⸻ When the headset comes off, I’m alone again And the silence is deafening No voices, no crowd, no pretend Just me in the room I’m in When the headset comes off, The loneliness gets too real And I don’t know how to feel But I stay, even as I break, I just have to When the headset comes off ⸻ I am still learning how to live With everything that’s no longer real And I don’t always know what I did To end up here like this But I said I would keep going on Even when all the feeling is gone Even when the nights get long I still move along Praying for a light to come my way For Someone that will stay Hold me through these nights And tell me everything’s gunna be alright But that hope is starting to fade And sometimes it feel like it’s always gunna be this way——! ⸻ When the headset comes off, I’m alone again But I’m still breathing through where I’ve been Still standing under my skin Even when I don’t win When the headset comes off, it cuts so deep But I don’t fall, I don’t leave I just stay with what I keep When the headset comes off ⸻ I’m still here. Still trying. Still grieving. Still screaming… every night But I’m still here…