Illusions - Samsara

Tell me I’m fine

Tell me I’m alright

Yet never cared

To peak inside

Listen!

I can see your wicked smile

As you wait perched on my shoulder

You’re telling me

It’s game over

I slowly began to listen

Allowed your words to creep in

Maybe this time I’ll give in

Unsure if I will win

Lost!

With every step I take

I’m reminded I’m a failure

Here’s to the beast we’ve locked within

I hear their voices

They feel like home

The twisted smile becomes my own!

Can you hear the cries

Within laughter

See the tears behind

A smile

Do you choose to wear

The mask

Then hide from the world

Then hide from the world

Is this my curse

Day after day it’s getting worse

Picked my poison why won’t it help me

Buried within a cask

No one sees beyond the mask

We all have a face inside

Inner demons we despise

It’s hard to look in a mirror

I’m no longer the same

We all have a face to hide

Inner demons we despise

I hear their voices

They feel like home

The twisted smile becomes my own!

Can you hear the cries

Within laughter

See the tears behind

A smile

Do you choose to wear

The mask

Then hide from the world

Then hide from the world

I hear their voices they feel like home

The twisted smile becomes my my own

I hear their voices they feel like home

Empty shell of a smile

Why can’t I feel whole

I may have strayed from my path

As you reside a part of me no longer in control

I hear their voices

They feel like home

The twisted smile becomes my own!

Can you hear the cries

Within laughter

See the tears behind

A smile

Do you choose to wear

The mask

Then hide from the world

Then hide from the world