I play with toys, I make the noise

To still the noises in my head.

I run and play with other boys

I run the truck across the floor

I crash it up against the bed

To still the noises in my head.

I run and jump but twice as fast;

The other day I fell and bled

And still the noise is in my head.

I learn to speak but twice as loud

Do I repeat whatever’s said

But still the noises in my head.

I learned to drink the other day

Just like as I was bottle-fed

I drank so much but not enough

To make me wish that I was dead

To still the noises in my head.

I am a’feared of was what done

I wish that it was me instead

For they are gone and silent now

Yet still the noises in my head.

And now I wait with awful dread

To hear the pace in steady tread

As they arrive and I am led

To still the noises in my head.