Stepping Stone (Fucking Lonely)

(Ad libs throughout the song)

(Oo-oo-oo)

(Verse 1)

I stand in the cold while they build a fire

Feeding a flame of their own desire

I watch them share plans, I see the text strings glow

A circle of warmth that I’ll never know

I wear a plastic smile so they don’t ask why

But a smile is a heavy thing when you want to cry

Always an outcast, a ghost in the hall

Just a shadow that blends with the paint on the wall

(Pre-Chorus)

I give away every spark of my light

Just to keep them glowing through the night

But no one brings a lantern back to me

I fade in the corners where there's no one to see

(Chorus)

The music cuts out, the room goes cold

And the truth comes out that I've never told:

(Scream lyrics) I’m fucking lonely.

God, I’m so fucking lonely.

I crave a world where I’m actually seen

Not a blank space where a person should’ve been

Hear my spirit break as I scream

(scream lyrics) I’m not fine!

Stop making me a stepping stone this time.

(Verse 2)

The sharpest frost is the chill in my veins

A family home that just shelters the pains

Their love is a vapor, a cold, hollow word

I call for a rescue and go unheard

I’m always second choice, a backup plan

An afterthought trapped in a wasteland

I pull them from drowning, I hold up their floor

Then they step on my heart and they walk out the door

(Chorus)

The music cuts out, the room goes cold

And the truth comes out that I've never told:

(Scream lyrics) I’m fucking lonely.

God, I’m so fucking lonely.

I crave a world where I’m actually seen

Not a blank space where a person should’ve been

Hear my spirit break as I scream

(scream lyrics) I’m not fine!

Stop making me a stepping stone this time..

(Bridge)

It’s pointless to fight for a love that isn't real

It’s useless to beg them to care what I feel

The silence is heavy, it’s stealing my breath

And it feels like there’s nothing but emptiness left

Just a hollowed-out chest where a heart used to beat

Left out in the rain on a deserted street

(Ooo-ooo-ooo)

(Outro)

The house goes black and the quiet sets in

The tears start to burn on my cold, pale skin

I sit all alone in the suffocating night

Knowing nobody is coming to turn on the light

The world moves on without calling my name

With no one to notice or carry my flame

And the hardest pill that I’ll ever take

Is finding a way to survive the ache

Just learning to breathe with the bone-deep gray

I have to find some way... to be okay

I have to be okay

(AHHHHHH - AHHHHHHH)

But I’m NOT OKAY!

(Chorus)

The music cuts out, the room goes cold

And the truth comes out that I've never told:

(Scream lyrics) I’m fucking lonely.

God, I’m so fucking lonely.

I crave a world where I’m actually seen

Not a blank space where a person should’ve been

Hear my spirit break as I scream

(scream lyrics) I’m not fine!

Stop making me a stepping stone this time.