"Even the Nothing Hurts"

lyrics by Lisa Kasamoto
music borrowed from Tom Kitt's "I've Been"*
to listen to "I've Been", click here

A funeral, I see, when I see spring flowers.
I see a waste of time, in a precious day’s hours.

I taste blood and failure, not the fruits of my wins.
A bitter taste when sweet day begins.

I’m in a corner, lights turned off
Was there some broken rule?
The world’s the one that turned its back
There’s nothing that’s more cruel
when even The Nothing hurts, I say.

Chorus:
It’s unfair, feeling nothing
Can’t miss the life I once had
Yet there’s one nerve, one spark
Enough to keep me that sad!
So, even the Nothing hurts, this way.

Most people feel pain
But I got nothing inside.
No laughter, no grief,
Please tell me, have I cried?!
Even the Nothing hurts, I say.


I hear screaming children, when a bird above me sings
Hear gunshots rip flesh, when the noon school bell rings.

I feel a knife cut deep, in a hug safe and warm.
I never feel sheltered from the storm.

I’m in a corner, lights turned off
Was there some broken rule?
The world’s the one that turned its back
There’s nothing that’s more cruel
when even The Nothing hurts, I say.

Chorus

Bridge:
The wind dries my tears and means they were indeed shed
My own hand steadiesMy chin and raises my head.
I..... begin
I..... hurt within.


I’m in a corner, lights turned off
Was there some broken rule?
The world’s the one that turned its back
There’s nothing that’s more cruel
when even The Nothing hurts, I say.

Chorus

Most people feel pain
But I got nothing inside.
No laughter, no grief
Please tell me, have I cried?!
Yeah-ah!

Unfair, feel nothing
Wanna miss what I had
One nerve, one spark
Oh, it keeps me that sad!
Even the Nothing hurts this way.

Most souls feel pain
I got nothing inside
no laughter, no grief
Tell me, have I cried?!
’cause… everything hurts today.



September 4, 2008

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*I rewrote the lyrics to "I've Been" by Tom Kitt, my favorite song from his musical "Feeling Electric";
the song was cut from the current version, now called "Next to Normal".

original lyrics to be posted

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