masquerade - haven
Oh forgive me please
I've had to lie through my teeth
Broken whispers, reached your ears
And now they've tarnished me
Gray as the life we lead
Is that how you see me?
My calluses burn, it's getting warmer
Red as the way we bleed
They didn't know me well enough
Everyday I was someone new
But they knew me just well enough
To know I didn't belong
Oh can you see me here
Hiding deep in the weeds
Tangled up in lores, sing to my woes
Swinging right beneath your trees
Do you still believe
I'm hiding out of fear
Truth be told, I was afraid of getting of caught
So I tend to live quietly
Even though I've done nothing wrong
My existence feels like a curse
Even though I love fighting wars
None of them have been of worth
They didn't know me well enough
Everyday I could've been someone new
But they knew me just well enough
To shun me out, they didn't need an excuse
Pray for me to do well enough
If my mask begins to fade away
The stories they mount are empirical
On a pedestal they shine away
Take for granted our time
As we explored every inch of this earth
That was me and me all the time
The masquerade never seemed to work
You had a way of looking underneath it all
You warned me but i fell into the water fall
It carried me to places I had never been
Emotionally and physically overwhelming
I didn't know how to climb back up the rocks
And so you said I was pretty much long gone
I couldn't have even asked for help
Because they knew I belonged in hell
They didn't know me well enough
Everyday I was someone new
But they knew me just well enough
To know I was being shrewd
Pray for me to do well enough
If my mask begins to fade away
The stories they mount are empirical
On a pedestal they shine away.
-Neha Bhende
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