Freedom To Feel

Step away keep your distance I can’t be what you want me to be and right now there are things inside that I don’t want you to see / so take your personal spotlight and shine it on someone else for a while / I can’t force a happy face to make-shift you a smile / I can’t deny what I see, what I feel and what’s in front of me / so take your world of precious moments and make-believe / that never made me believe in anything and left me with nothing to hold onto / your quick fix and magic tricks could only disguise what I was going through / and now I’m thinking it was when it wasn’t / and now I’m trying to rationalize what just doesn’t come together and somehow doesn’t make sense but God how can I convince them when I’m not even convinced /

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everybody’s thinking it but nobody’s saying it / everybody’s saying it but nobody’s feeling it / everbody’s feeling it but nobody’s seeing it / so tell me how am I supposed to know what’s real

false sense of happiness / is my security wrapped up in this / these control freaks seek out who they can brainwash and make activists / they’d rather have me lie than bring their [my] failure to the light / keep your secrets to yourself it’s not about you but them looking right / no time to be ugly / don’t trouble them with your doubts and fears / shout for joy little boys and girls your brokenness ain’t welcome here / well excuse me while I bleed through and my life becomes see through / don’t ask for transparency by reject what you see into /

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So please can somebody tell me how I’m supposed to know what’s real when I was told and controlled how to feel (x2) / Jesus, please tell me how are they gonna know you’re real when they are controlled and told how to feel (x2) /

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