"My Own Private Damnation"

This is my own private damnation
No victims here, just self-imposed exiles
If you look into the distant horizon
You can see nothing but the lost for miles
And you'll see they all wear the same face
Whether by soft candle or cruel spotlight
The only hell is being left unloved
While others take to the passion of night

There's a burning that I can't quite describe
It starts from somewhere deep within
But before I can figure out what it is
It fades into oblivion again
And I find myself just wanting someone
And I cry and I say that it's you
But the walls grow higher ever higher
Shutting me off from what I want to do

The torment of childhood's little secrets
The silence of today's hidden grief
If I burn enough walls will I kill it
And regain my life from that thief
I know you don't want to share in this
I wish myself that I could be away
Far from my own private damnation
The little boy interrupted at play