Sunday, April 2, 2023

now I am transparent (rewrite 1)


my life has been like everybody else's
hard and rough and tough to explain
sometimes I give, sometimes I'm selfish
sometimes I feel as constant as the rain
I have tried to stand my ground
but I can't hide the sorrow I've found

           and now I am transparent
           anyone can read my thoughts
           you can look right at my face
           and see what I am not
           now I am transparent
           my insides are outside
           for the whole wide world to see
           there's something fierce inside of me
           now I am transparent

like cellophane over something new
you can see just how I feel 
I'm someone you can see right through
I wear my smile like a shield
I have tried to be somebody else
now I'm afraid to be myself

          and now I am transparent
          now you see just who I am
          I try to hide myself inside
          but I don't think I can
          now I am transparent
          I'm lost and so alone
          I don't know what I can do
          to find a way for breaking through
          now I am transparent

maybe someday I'll do the best I can
maybe someday I'll finally understand

          but now I am transparent
          and I'm so disgraced
          everything I feel 
          always shows within my face
          now I am transparent
          like the air that's in the sky
          I'm as clear as I can be
          there's nothing that's protecting me
          now I am transparent
          

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