The world is locked outside my head And I refuse to let it in I don't find peace in the things I've done Or the places that I've been I feel the sides of a velvet trap That holds me tight at bay I want to sail and think blue sky But my life has blocked the way I wanted so to do great things To leave them all in awe But instead I blundered into things That I never even saw Now every man has got his cross Yes, the one that he must bear And no life, I know, can be complete Without the need to care A need to care But a coldness falls around my soul Like a curtain on a stage And thoughts that should be gentle ones Come on like burning rage In a crowded room I'm all alone I don't care what's being said In spite of all that's going on Creative thought is dead If all I hate is removed today What I want is not what's left Because the dragons aren't really real, you know They're all within your self Now every man has got his cross Yes, the one that he must bear And no life I know can be complete Without the need to care A need to care