Lay all your cards out on the table,
Show me your hidden hand;
The time for tricks is over,
Let me know just where you stand

Life was just a game before,
A meaningless charade;
But now there’s risk and pain involved,
The stakes have all been raised

The time for tricks and lies is up;
Let those hidden truths reveal
The secrets, lies, and mysteries
You tried so hard to conceal

You pretended to be innocent
Throughout those grueling days,
Now I know there are things beyond
That you didn’t wish to say

So let me in to the world you keep
To see the truths you hide;
Show me the way you truly are
The person that lies inside

An image isn’t good enough
To win this timeless game;
The person that you truly are
Is more than just a name

When everything else has vanished
And you’re left completely alone,
There will be things that remain of you
When everything else is gone

So let me see what truly lies
Beneath your masquerade;
If things are left repressed too long
They all begin to fade

All those things you keep inside
Reveal to one you call your friend
Getting rid of those dividing walls
Makes life much simpler in the end