(VERSE ONE)

I'm always worried about what I do

I don't want to mess up and let them down

I take a step then turn around

I don't know which ways up and which ways down

(Chorus)

I'm afraid to mess things up

I want to make things perfect

I want to make them proud

(VERSE TWO)

They look at me through judgmental eyes

Trying to understand what's going on inside me

I want to explain but they won't hear me out

They have their own ideas of who I should be

(Chorus)

I'm afraid to mess things up

I want to make things perfect

I want to make them proud

(VERSE THREE)

I feel like a robot, going through the motions

I read my Bible and do devotions

But I ask myself, do I really mean it?

Am I just pretending, trying to be who

They want me to be

(Chorus)

I'm afraid to mess things up

I want to make things perfect

I want to make them proud

(VERSE FOUR)

I'm always afraid I'll trip up

I'll miss a step in this endless dance

I go round and round

Running through an endless maze

Where I'm always pretending

(Chorus)

I'm afraid to mess things up

I want to make things perfect

I want to make them proud

(VERSE FIVE)

I want my voice to be heard

But all I am is a silent cry in the dark

I stumble in circles and try to explain

But it's too late and I've runaway

(VERSE SIX)

It has shattered, this world I'm in

I feel like a hamster caught on that wheel

I cry but it's in the dark where no one will hear

I'm afraid for them to see my pain

It wouldn't bring any gain