Eva Marie Shannon - Do You Wear a Mask Lyrics

I wear masks
Do you wear a mask sometimes
To protect your inner self
From cruelty and abandonment
I wear masks
I try to hide
Because I can't abide
By the rules
That others use to control me
So I try to pretend
I'm like them
Crease and bend
Into these crazy origami folds
It doesn't make sense
It doesn't resonate
With anything true
So I'm so blue
Feeling sad
Feeling bad about who I am
Aren't we just humans
More alike than unalike
We all have the same kind of aspirations
I think
To be loved and cared about
And admired
By those around us
Can't they see
What we can be
And who we are
So many scars
But don't they see
Our hearts
I don't even know where to start
To integrate and
Break down those crazy masks
That I wear
To hide my true feelings
So I'm not rejected
So I can be accepted
In a crazy way of living
It doesn't make sense to me
I want to run away from it all sometimes
I just want to die sometimes
But part of me wants to connect
You to me
Live peacefully