just another day in paradise

so this is what it's like
after living in Wonderland
one small, dirty Alice
world-wise, playing up her pain
coming down hard from a
dream-laced trip
this is what it's like...
in my own Vietnam

looking up from empty
looking down from pain
driving through and running strange
finding myself silly
for giving out the blame

i can't understand...
it just feels so wrong
walking around from
the crucible born, and looking
looking just the same
purity and surity
nothing else is left
hollow inside
but clean to be reborn
to stand up on my own

looking up from empty
looking down from strange
driving lost and running burned
finding myself silly
for taking all the blame