A fate, we must accept Torn off, from our origin To be born is to be alone Seeking a forgotten home We are never to return We dwell in lonely privacy For every bridge that we must burn To find identity Amidst a sea of souls We are merely atoms Trapped within one mind Lost somewhere to time touch of others And empty words Can’t keep us from pain we must feel The start of me, brings the long loneliness To bridge the emptiness and fill starless nothingness We seek in the arms of others Our own selfishness reflected What use can these words be Rusted sentiments, so ugly and crude Can offer no respite From forced solitude Amidst a sea of souls We are merely atoms Trapped within one mind Lost somewhere to time touch of others And empty words Can’t keep us from pain we must feel The start of me, brings the long loneliness The long loneliness