I always thought I was happy
Like everyday was something new
But now I that I’m older I can see
Happiness was never meant to be
I spend my days an empty shell
I pass my nights by crying
I don’t know if I’m even alive

This is what I get for dreaming
And this is what I get for hoping for more
Is this all I get, for all that I’ve given
I wish I could have had something more

I hear a whispered word and look
But theirs no one there
I die inside a little every day
I wish there was some one
To show me I’m alive
Then maybe that could help me not cry
Not like it matters any way

But this is what I get for dreaming
And this is what I get for hoping for more
Is this all I get, for all that I’ve given
I wish I could have had something more

Life is wasted on those who can’t feel
I can’t even see why I’m trying any more
I don’t want to live, but I don’t want to die
So what dose life have left for me

So this is all I get for dreaming
When all I’ve ever wished for was love
This is what I get for hoping for more
When all I’ve ever needed was some warmth
Why is this all I get, for all that I’ve given
Why dose love still pass me by