Imagine the layers of a cake
The sponge and cream and jam
How they sit together side-by-side
Our sins baked until they hide
Sweetness to cover up the shame
Imagine the shells on the shore
Eyes bewitched and misled
The truth hiding out in plain sight
Like a million pebbles in the light
waves smoothing away the shame
We can’t pretend anymore
We have to open that closed door
We’re not children
Childhood games have gone
No more make-believe
Imagine the letters in a book
The stories and fairy tales
Our lies wrapped in so many words
Tripping ourselves up again
Exposing our hearts of shame
We can’t pretend anymore
We have to open that closed door
We’re not children
Childhood games have gone
No more make-believe
And so I’m done.
I release my secrets into the air
Like paper planes, they need to fly
And so before I die
I’m going to live
We can’t pretend anymore
We have to open that closed door
We’re not children
Childhood games have gone
No more make-believe
And so before I die
I’m going to live
I’m going to live