You look at
me and see the girl
Who lives
inside the golden world
But don't
believe that's all there is to see
You'll never
know the real me
She smiles
through a thousand tears
And harbors
adolescent fears
She dreams
of all that she can never be
She wades
insecurity and hides herself inside of me
Don't say she
takes it all for granted
I'm well aware
of all I have
Don't think
that I am disenchanted
Please understand
It seems as
if I've always been
Somebody outside
looking in
Well here
I am for all of them to bleed
But they can't
take my heart from me
And they can't
bring me to my knees
They'll never
know the real me