mask

Intro]

​I put my mask on for the world to see

Sunlight on the outside, but the dark is swallowing me

Laughter in the room, but the pain is so deep

Nobody hears the cries when I'm too tired to weep

I just want to be free...

I just want someone to read me

Loving you was losing me

​[Verse 1]

​I'm torn between the person that I really am

And the reflection that the world demands

Everyone sees a smile, sees a game I play

Meanwhile, there's a warzone raging underneath .

The demons of my past are standing at the door

And I don't know if I can fight them anymore

​[Pre-Chorus]

​Your voice is an echo bouncing in my head

Replaying every toxic word you ever said:

“You're not enough, you're no good, you don't belong”

And now I'm losing the strength to stay strong

​[Chorus]

​Caught between the dark and the underground

Where the demons wait to drag me six feet down

Do I give in and make your wicked wish come true?

Or do I fight the voices telling me to lose?

Tell me, do I keep my faith and walk away?

Or let the shadows wash me out today?

​[Verse 2]

​Why did you ever think you had the right to break me down?

To stab me in the back while I wore the crown?

I loved you with my all, I stayed right by your side

Fought through every war with nowhere left to hide

I built your entire kingdom from the dust and sand

Only to be left with empty hands

​[Bridge]

​I gave you every reason just to breathe again

Thought we’d be a masterpiece .

My love never died, but your brutal hands

Turned our peace into a battlefield of broken dreams

Your ignorant reactions took the closest part of me

Left my soul to burn, and my faith in mystery

​[Outro]

​My strength is questioned, my spirit is undefined

From all the heavy battles where my heart was torn

Faith questioned...

Can I find a better place?

Or am I just a casualty of the human race?