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We all wear a mask
To hide whats beneath
locking away our true selves
Setting it in place, with hard concrete
Painting and decorating
It becomes colourful and bright
Our own unique mask
That we work on each night
Enhancing the features
Till its just perfect and right
It hides away our feelings
So everything will be alright.
Our souls are ugly and broke
Boring. Ghastly. Shameful.
Don't allow them to be uncloaked
Everyone else will surely revoke
Everyone will hate you
Everyone will lie
Nobody will love you
So don't even try
Is it really everyone else who made you this way?
From the way that I see it
Its you,
who lead yourself astray
I've been betrayed and forgotten
Thats what we say
Blaming everyone else
As we carry on with our childish play
A life so caught up on the outer appearance
just leaves you feeling empty
And you forget your own existence
Don't allow yourself to live this way
Because surely there will come a day
You're mask will become forgotten
And your hard work will be undone
Where your mask will slip
and crash to the ground
The decorations will shatter
and be scattered all around
And at this certain point you will come to learn
You worked on your mask so everyone could see
But you forgot that you're true self will always break free
You never allowed anyone to love you from the start
And yet you expected them to learn what was hidden under your Beautiful Mask.
Mar 19, 2018
Mar 19, 2018 at 4:27 AM UTC
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We all wear a mask
To hide whats beneath
locking away our true selves
Setting it in place, with hard concrete
Painting and decorating
It becomes colourful and bright
Our own unique mask
That we work on each night
Enhancing the features
Till its just perfect and right
It hides away our feelings
So everything will be alright.
Our souls are ugly and broke
Boring. Ghastly. Shameful.
Don't allow them to be uncloaked
Everyone else will surely revoke
Everyone will hate you
Everyone will lie
Nobody will love you
So don't even try
Is it really everyone else who made you this way?
From the way that I see it
Its you,
who lead yourself astray
I've been betrayed and forgotten
Thats what we say
Blaming everyone else
As we carry on with our childish play
A life so caught up on the outer appearance
just leaves you feeling empty
And you forget your own existence
Don't allow yourself to live this way
Because surely there will come a day
You're mask will become forgotten
And your hard work will be undone
Where your mask will slip
and crash to the ground
The decorations will shatter
and be scattered all around
And at this certain point you will come to learn
You worked on your mask so everyone could see
But you forgot that you're true self will always break free
You never allowed anyone to love you from the start
And yet you expected them to learn what was hidden under your Beautiful Mask.
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