I try to show what's really me,

I don't hide behind a mask,

All anyone has to do to get past the shell,

Is just walk up and ask.

What they see is what they get,

A false facade never pays,

From experience I know this too well,

I finally cast it away.

I find it easier to show what's there,

Than to try and explain in the end,

Because when I've mixed what's false and what's true,

I've lost way too many a friend.

I want someone to love me for who I am,

Not for who I'm not,

If someone loves you for what's not real,

It just doesn't mean a whole lot.