nothing to do, turn on tube
with a tv guide right by your side
you turn to the news, nothing is new
but you're not really listening anyway

you got a note in the mail, says that you failed
to meet the requirements for a welfare check
but it would mean so much less, if someone would just
take the time to come and check

inside every lonely life
theres a question burning holes inside

if im missing would you miss me?
if im gone would you move on?
would you post up signs on street poles?
would you search straight through 'til dawn?
and if the sun rose up would you search all through the day?
and would you not give up, and not lay down, until im found?

you lay down on the bed, the sheets colored red
you never really liked that colour much
if tonight when you closed, your eyes you died
would anybody notice?

and inside every lonely life
theres a question burning holes inside

if im missing would you miss me?
if im gone would you move on?
would you post up signs on street poles?
would you search straight through till dawn?
and if the sun rose up would you search all through the day?
and would you not give up, and not lay down?

every single second of our lives
is a second that we cant just let slip by
cause for everyone whos got someone theres a pair of lonely eyes
and if wed just look up to meet the tears they cry

if im missing would you miss me?
if im gone would you move on?
would you post up signs on street poles?
would you search straight through till dawn?
and if the sun rose up would you search all through the day?
and would you not give up, and not lay down, until im found?

you walk in the door, shoes on the floor
a pack of cigarettes lays on the stand
the answering machine, is perfectly clean
no one ever called

says constable leer
"its been seven years, how could anyone be so alone?"
hes been dead in his bed, the sheets colored red
and no one ever noticed