At night,when I'm alone
I see the real me
No mask to hide who I am
The tears are now welcome
As I cry myself to sleep
I'm so tired of hiding myself away
Pretending to be who I'm not
Being untrue to who I am
Just to please everyone else
No-one knows how I feel inside
I keep the walls up
Protect myself
And let everyone see a side of me that doesn't exist
Each day I get ready
Fake a smile and face the world
Act polite and happy
When I'm dead inside
Don't feel like everyone else
Just wanna be alone
But that just leaves me time to wallow in self pity and unhappiness
If you saw me cry
Would you understand
See that I'm only human
And need to be helped like everyone else
Would you turn away
Because I'm acting like this
Showing emotions,and not being afraid to present who I am
I won't
I never will
I'm not selfish
Don't want to ruin anyones expectations
Or hurt peoples feelings
So I'll hide who I am
And cry when I'm alone
I fall asleep
My face wet
Tracks from where the tears have fallen
Mark my skin
Do this just to spare other people the pain that I feel
I'll not show emotions or reveal who I am
I'll continue to hide behind a mask
Suffocate beneath my veil of tears
To spare the hurt of others
I'll continue to cry and pretend
And lie to the world
About who I am
About what I am
As I suffocate beneath this veil
As I sink beneath the lies
Remember me
Please remember me
Don't forget me
