Hidden Feelings

Always trying
to put my feelings aside
No need for crying
as long as I hide

Darkness lies within
where nobody can see
Hidden by my skin
the real me

Who I don’t even know
a known stranger
Who puts up a show
puts me in danger

Because it makes me afraid
to feel things I tried so hard to block
find a passage in my charade
feelings come out, ones I put on lock

Emotions are strong
play me like piano keys
Becoming an opera while I go along
which nobody sees

Finding no way out
just keeping them hidden
Making my insides shout
feelings I want to be forbidden

Nobody knows this side
need to keep it like this
Feeling like Jekyll and Hyde
who I’d rather miss

Other people depend on me
can’t show any weakness
Have to make sure that nobody can see
My hidden feelings, my hidden mess

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