Now that I’ve been said and done

Fallen in the name of fun

Everyone always says, "I hear you."

But do you really?

I know I’m not the only one

But I’m still all by myself.

No one can understand why I do the things I do.

Not even the friend I saw in you.

You overlooked my times of need

Shrugged away any thoughts of helping me.

I guess you thought I’d be all right

Believing in the mask I wear

Believing that it is really me.

My heart is dead

My soul is broken.

You put off tragedy for another day.

Well, my friend, that day’s today.

I hit the ground with outstretched hands.

And now I see you weren’t my friend

It’s in silences, in the words that were left unsaid

That they took their place at my side,

They stood to fight even when no one asked

I was amazed to see them

But then with tears flowing down my cheeks I realized

They had been there all along

You can twist it round which way you like.

It doesn’t really matter who was right.

I’m here standing tall again

And now I know my true friends

So in the end…

I still stand among the fire

Still standing alone…

Everyone around me

Still behind my mask.

Naur