The Great Pretender

The Great Pretender

The world outside will never see
What's truly buried deep inside of me
I am the Great Pretender
And all they will ever know is my lies

This facade is part of me now
Behind it I hide
Safe from harm
No one knows the pain I hold
Inside my heart and mind
Even if I showed them
They would never understand
This is who they want me to be
The perfect girl with the perfect smile

The world outside will never see
What's truly buried deep inside of me
I am the Great Pretender
And they will never know what I hide

Would it make a difference, even if I tried?
They don't want to see the truth
So comfortable in their house of cards
They don't realize it could all tumble down
In a heartbeat
If I removed the mask
And showed them even half the truth
Half of who I really am

The world outside will never see
What's truly buried deep inside of me
I am the Great Pretender
And all they will ever know is my lies

Exhausted by this charade
But is there really another way?
Sometimes I can't even tell what's real
From what I've fabricated all this time
Maybe this is all I am
All I was ever meant to be
An empty shell, a living corpse
Only pretending to be free...