I'm tired of the games we play

I'm cashing in my chips today

and while I have my sanity

I'm taking what is close to me

I still have my integrity

my honor and my pride

these are things you cannot take

so don't waste your time

I'm tires of things I wouldn't do

I'm tired of things I wouldn't say

I'm tires of all the pleasantries

it's all a part of the game we play



now I see

I cannot be what isn't me

now I know

I'm not part of the bigger show

now I feel

the person I am is truly real

so to you

I have revealed my basic truth



a trying thing this life we lead

some obscured reality

a constant fight for privacy

to preserve my sanity

what you've got's not what you see

perspectives change from you to me

is this what your trying to be

a mirror of society once inside the looking glass

colors fade so very fast

who are you, do you know

or just a face for the freakshow



now I see

I cannot be what isn't me

now I know

I'm not part of the bigger show

now I feel

the person I am is truly real

so to you

I have revealed my basic truth



a trying thing this life we lead

some obscured reality

a constant fight for privacy

to preserve my sanity

what you've got's not what you see

perspectives change from you to me

is this what your trying to be

a mirror of society once inside the looking glass

colors fade so very fast

who are you, do you know

or just a face for the freakshow



now I see

I cannot be what isn't me

now I know

I'm not part of the bigger show

now I feel

the person I am is truly real

so to you

I have revealed my basic truth



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