Mask

Made yourself into more than a man

The anointed one by your own hand

Speech is perfect, masked vulgarity

Sight is straight, dark rigidity

All is copacetic

Projected, unaccepting

Everyone is hurt

Everyone is broken

Everyone is bleeding

Inside

I’ve lived enough to know

Everyone has suffered, suffered

Inside, inside

Who would even need to see?

Who would even seem to care?

What you see is shallow

Who would even need to see?

Who would even seem to care?

There is no room, no room for despair

That mask is so deceptive

Despite this life

Try and hide, try and hide

From down low, so much darkness

Casts a shadow on your broken halo

I’ve lived enough to know

So much darkness

Seeds are sown

Everyone is hurt

Everyone is broken

Everyone is bleeding

Inside

I’ve lived enough to know

Everyone has suffered, suffered

Inside, inside

Who would even need to see?

Who would even seem to care?

What you see is shallow

Who would even need to see?

Who would even seem to care?

There is no room, no room for despair

Everyone is hurt

Everyone is broken

Everyone is bleeding

Inside

I’ve lived enough to know

Everyone has suffered, suffered

Inside, inside