Shame Lyrics - Henry Rollins

I wonder if you can see 

I wonder if you can tell 

I wonder if you see through the mask I wear so well 

I'll never let you know what's going on inside me 

My shame locks me down 

All the things I wanted tell you 

Are all the things I never will 

Every time you reached out to me 

All I did was push you away 

I can't unchain the beast that screams inside me 

I hate it, it's what I am 

It makes me sick to be so mean 

What I've been and what I've seen 

From top to bottom, I am obscene 

It stands in my place 

It spits in my face 

Shame 

You smile I smile back 

You ask me how I am I say I'm fine 

I don't know why I'm so torn up inside my mind 

The darkness swallows me whole 

Don't go too deep, don't ask me why 

Don't try to know me, don't make me lie 

I wish I didn't know the things I know so well 

I try to change but it's what I am