Why you ask I know you want me to stop But I can?t It?s my sanity I feel nothing Then the burning Stinging Throbbing comes And I know I?m alive I?m a person Not just a faceless enigma Not just who they want me to be That?s why It?s this or die A death worse than death My body living, my soul not No that musn?t happen Therefore I must continue To make sure I?m me Can?t you understand This is my plea for sanity Hush, please don?t tell me no?