You have always told me what to fear
but now my sight has grown crystal clear
I now see things in a different light
Everything you made me was never right
Who I am now is not the me you know
I wear a mask and put on a show
I play along and act just like you
You would hate me if you really knew
Yesterday and today are just like one
and tomorrow will come to join the fun
Twice the number of years crammed into nineteen
I have learned to cope with what I've seen
If you want to know me, read what I write
Follow my paths that lead into the night
I really want to show you what I have grown up to be
but can you stand to watch me fall from the family tree
Would you kneel and pray for the strength to forgive
even though this is the life I choose to live?
Now I feel safe with the real me inside
Leaving behind days when I could have cried
Afraid to feel the pain I learned to conceal
Now ready to live a life I can't reveal

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