let me out

I have to leave this place
This cage is holding me back
Keeping me down
From something I can't reach  
Down here on the ground
I see it drifting just above
The dark cloud over my head
The one that turns sunshine
Into shadows that penetrate my heart
Filling my head with doubts
Filling my stomach with emptiness
Let me out of this cage
Open the dungeon doors
Set me free before death comes to me
I need to be free
Free of my own mediocrity  
Give me the life I dreamed of  
When I had hope
That flew above the clouds
That lifted my spirit
To where I swear I saw Heaven
When I believed it existed
Because this prison ripped it away
Trapped me within an insidious lie
I told myself to protect me from Hell
Only to find I am living here
Alive and unwell
In a forgotten cell
Tortured by love
That will never be mine
And smiles that don't smile on me
The sound of kisses I cannot feel
Someone is kissing
But not kissing me
Why am I here?
Maybe for a thing I chose not to do
I bet it's because I forgot to love
Or forgot how when love waited for me
To step out of my cage
To hold it's warm hand
And be led out of the darkness
I lost my way, I lost my chance
I am alone
Do you hear me?
Is anyone listening?
I am alone!
Let me out
Let me out
Let me out