Mask

In the dark I sit alone
Waiting here for the first stone
To be thrown down at my shame

This doesn’t feel like all of me
There was so much I wanted to be
Am I the only one to blame

You’d think it’s easy
If I only tried
To work my way through the pain

They say they see me
They only see one side
The side I don’t need to explain

But you don’t really know who I am
And it’s so easy to say where you stand
When you think you know what’s inside
But you don’t know when I lie

It’s not easy for me to say
That I feel like I’m just in the way
And I can’t say when I’m afraid

I wish that everyone could see
The things that my mind says to me
Is this how it will always be?

You’d think it’s easy
If I only tried
To work my way through the pain

They say they see me
They only see one side
The side I don’t need to explain

But you don’t really know who I am
And it’s so easy to say where you stand
When you think you know what’s inside
But you don’t know when I lie

Please make it easy
God knows I’ve tried
To work my way through this pain

Will I ever be
Able to break free
I don’t think there’s much more I can take

I really want to show who I am
And it’s so easy to say where you stand
When you think you know my mind
But you don’t know when I lie