NDC Summer Bingo Challenge: [C1] Genre: Big Orchestral Theme: Pain [ Verse 1 ] A homeless wonder, so cold— Each breath curls out— like smoke and mold. Dry skin cracking, as the cold seeps in, Rain leaks in where my shoes have been. I count each sore that splits and weeps, I haven't known a night of painless sleep. My clothes are dirty and my muscles weak, I can't escape the pain… it’s all of me. [ Verse 2 ] Furtive glances, then they look away, Like I might beg, or curse, or stay. Their eyes don’t see, their mouths stay shut, Won’t see who I am—if they won’t look up. They cross the street just to stay away, Like the plague—they think I bring death their way. Their silence cuts, the ache begins— I can’t escape the pain… without or within. [ Verse 3 ] There’s ghosts in my head and on these streets, No friends, no family—just these ghosts and me. They’re screaming at night, no moment of peace, Are they telling me truth… or just lying to me? The days and nights seem all the same to me, The past is the future and that future bleak, The screams grow louder, is that them or me, I can’t escape the pain, I'm still alive I think...
