Merry-Go-Round

I walk my path in life,
Surrounded, yet alone.
Pushing others away,
With my increasingly bitter tone.
I don't know how to make it stop,
And keep the merry go round still turning,
People say life is all about lessons...
Yeah, they don't want to know what I'm learning.

Round and round it goes,
Where it stops, no one knows,
It's supposed to be a joy ride, yeah.
Round and round it turns,
Life's lessons people learn,
But I can't see the bright side, woah.

Falling apart now, can't see the bright colors,
It's dark out and I can't place where I'm at.
Can't learn my lessons, not able to be happy,
Everyone's yelling “Step up to bat!”
The pitch is thrown now,
I swing and I hit,
Momentarily, briefly,
The merry-go-round's lit.

Round and round it goes,
Where it stops, no one knows,
It's supposed to be a joy ride, yeah.
Round and round it turns,
Life's lessons people learn,
But I can't see the bright side, woah.

A joyous celebration,
I'm filled with hesitation,
Bound in the dark,
Sunlight makes it's mark,
On everyone but me,
God, why don't they see?

The merry-go-round is spinning,
Everyone is filled with chuckles,
I can't get off my pony,
Can't loosen my seatbelt's buckles.
I want to be in on this,
A part of the joyous ride,
But somehow, I  can't get,
The darkness to subside.

Round and round it goes,
Where it stops, no one knows,
It's supposed to be a joy ride, yeah.
Round and round it turns,
Life's lessons people learn,
But I can't see the bright side, woah.

Round and round it goes,
Where it stops, no one knows,
It's supposed to be a joy ride, yeah.
Round and round it turns,
Life's lessons people learn,
But I can't see the bright side,

And I'm beginning to doubt I ever will...

Woah.