Staring Into Nothing

Here i am again with the bright lights on my face and i am lonely

A thousand screaming voices, screaming out my name and i am lonely

Someone said "hey johnny do you still love me?"

I said "baby don't you ever use that word around me ‘cause i don't want to hear it anymore."

Take a look in my eyes

Go on take a look in my eyes

You're staring into nothing at all

Nothing at all

You're staring into nothing at all

Nothing at all

I'm not what i seem ‘cause i am not real

Pretending to care, pretending to feel

Here i am again with everything that i could want and i am empty

With the blanket of approval and the slaps upon my back and i am empty

Someone said "hey johnny, do you feel happy?"

And i said "i don't need anybody's ten cent therapy. can't you see i'm on top of the world."

Take a look in my eyes

Go on take a look in my eyes

You're staring into nothing at all

Nothing at all

You're staring into nothing at all

Nothing at all

I'm not what i seem ‘cause i am not real

Pretending to care, pretending to feel

I'm not what i seem, ‘cause i cannot feel

I can't go on pretending i'm real

The curtain parts again

Revealing politicians and thieves

The champions of nothing

We perform in a silhouette

Lit from behind by blinding sheets of light

In the halo of nothing

The show was second hand

Derived from what we thought you'd need to see

The story of nothing

But everyone was entertained

And no one could remember how it was

Before there was nothing