Know me

Let you know me

Gave you a rare gift

You didn’t want it

Working hard I lift

But I had to admit

Wanted you to know me

Been awhile now

Thought you’ll feel it again

The feeling that’s deep within

Let you know all my sin

Now my soul cries

Hearing all your lies

I’m angry and struggling to breathe

Put on a fake smile, all you see is teeth

I’m being smothered

My soul is covered

From all the abuse I suffered

(still, you don’t know me)

I opened up, thought you'd understand

Reached for you with trembling hands

But silence echoed back to me

Like I was never meant to be

You see the mask, not the pain I hide

Been screaming loud from the dark inside

I gave you truth, but you turned away

Now I’m fading more every day

Can’t fix what you refuse to see

I tried so hard to set me free

But still…

You don’t know me

I want you to show me

Why your so toxic like bromine

You’re giving me a headache

Between the choice of love and hate

I’ll choose to feel nothing

And that’s what will keep me safe

But still here I am searching for a place

Somewhere I can belong in between warm arms

So, show me

That you want to know me

I opened up, thought you'd understand

Reached for you with trembling hands

But silence echoed back to me

Like I was never meant to be

You see the mask, not the pain I hide

Been screaming loud from the dark inside

I gave you truth, but you turned away

Now I’m fading more every day

Can’t fix what you refuse to see

I tried so hard to set me free

But still…

You don’t know me

Maybe one day you’ll look and see

The broken parts you left in me

Not asking for your sympathy

Just wishing you knew

Who I tried to be

(Now you’ll never know me)

T.S