Reflections

Look at me...
I will never pass for a perfect childe.
Can it be...
I am not meant to play this part?

Now I see...
That if I were truly to be myself,
I would break my family's heart.

Who is that girl I see
Staring straight back at me?
Why is my reflection
Someone I don't know.

Somehow I cannot hide who I am,
though I've tried.
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?

Look at me...
You may think you see who I really am.
But you'll never know me.
Every day...
It's as if I play a part.

Now I see...
If I wear a mask
I can fool the world.
But I cannot fool my heart.

Who is that girl I see
Staring straight back at me?
When will my reflection slow
Who I am inside.

I am now...
In a world where I have to hide my heart.
And what I believe in.
But somehow...
I will show the world what's inside my heart.

Who is that girl I see
Staring straight back at me?
Why is my reflection someone
I don't know?

Must I pretend...
That I am someone else for all time?
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?

At first...
With a need to know to be someone else.
Why must we all conceal
What we think? How we feel?

There must have been
A secret me deep, that I fostered,
Deep inside myself.

I won't pretend...
That I am someone else for all time.
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?