It`s obvious that dealing with this is tearing you apart I`d like to try to say I could help you more, but I`ve already done my part. We`ll try to talk through this affliction, we`ll talk the whole night through but when she comes around again you`ll say you feel like she needs you Well, I can`t believe that you`re willing to be afflicted because weakness and love are not one in the same Why can`t you try to understand, why can`t you walk away? I walk a lonely path in a lonely town but I`d rather live this way than to suffer Subjugation from a self-obsessive queen You didn`t want to believe she`s not what she seems you close your eyes so you can`t see, and you can`t hear a word I say Is anybody there really listening, does anybody hear? You lift her up again and when she`s up again she won`t even let you near And now you`re sitting all alone staring again at the telephone you think she`s thinking of you, but she`s not thinking of you her mind is as empty as your stare They say the grass is always greener on the other side because you want what you can`t have, and all that you have is my sympathy well, my sympathy you have I`m not trying to be her enemy, I`m trying to be your friend Sometimes I want to scream "what`s wrong with you? don`t turn your back again " Is anybody there really listening does anybody hear? You lift her up again and when she is up again she won`t even let you near And now you`re sitting all alone staring again at the telephone you think she`s thinking of you, but she`s not thinking of you her mind is as empty as your stare She lives her life alone I know you don`t know why She lives her life alone she doesn`t care enough to try Is anyone, is anyone is anybody there?