They told me when I was young that I would change

What I once saw would become like everything else

The same -

The open eyes of youth would close down just to cracks

I would - never again see the real world

Just like the rest, I'd turn my back

I told them once when I was young

That it was too late for me to change

I couldn't ignore the facts

The reality that brought this incredible pain



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Scars within my flesh and soul

Stayed just for show

Seeing, I felt and saw things

Others could never know

They tell me now to turn my head

So that I may rest at peace

But ignoring the things that I know

Would be living a life of deceit

The perversion of love and the power of hate

Lie deep inside my head

I can't turn to ignorance -

The life of the wordly blind