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i keep my masks with me

wherever i may go

in case i need to disguise

so the real me doesn’t show

i’m so afraid to show you me

afraid of what you’ll do

that you might laugh or say mean things

i’m afraid i might lose you.




i’d like to remove all my masks

to show you the real true me

but i want you to try and understand

i need you to accept what you see

so if you’ll be patient and close your eyes

i’ll strip off all my masks real slow

please understand how much it hurts

to let the real me show.




now my masks are all stripped off

i feel naked, bare and cold

and if you still like me with all that you see

you are my friend, pure as gold

i need to save my masks though

i want to keep them handy

in case someone doesn’t understand





so please protect me

my dear friend

and thanks for liking me true

but please let me keep my masks with me

until i like me, too.