Set Myself

Today, I'm going to set myself on fire.
I'm as flat and empty like a used tire.

I smell the fumes rising up my nose.
No need to save me with a fire hose.

Once I turn it up it'll all be over.
I'm useless to a dog named rover.

I was never meant to be born.
My heart can't handle being torn.

The pain inside me is too much.
No women around to even touch.

I hate the fact of being all alone.
Not a single call from the telephone.

My failures in life continue even more.
Why am I such an insufferable bore?

I strike the match, everything is set.
I regret the people I have ever met.

I drop the stick and the heat quickly rises.
Everyone will know I was full of surprises.

I don't need your sorrows or your tears.
You didn't know me after all these years.

I wanted to be happy, was that too much to ask?
Or should I have gone out wearing only a mask?

I wanted to be loved, but not one soul would want me.
If this is my time to go then my destiny is meant to be.

I'm all covered in smoke and flames.
Now I will forget all of your names.