gonna get hurt

I need to convince myself
that nothing really matters
that everything is hopeless
that dreams are wasted time
because I'm not
gonna get hurt again
gonna get hurt again
gonna get hurt like I got hurt before

I need to remind myself
that I am always wrong
that I am always guilty
that I do not deserve
because I'm not
gonna get hurt again
gonna get hurt again
gonna get hurt like
I've always got hurt before

          so I can't be with people
          and I can't talk with people
          and I can't care like other people care
          because there's no real person there
          there's only me
          with a borrowed personality

I'm not gonna get hurt again
gonna get hurt again
gonna get hurt like a million times before
I'm not gonna get hurt again
gonna get hurt again
I'm never gonna get hurt
no more