They told me when I was young that I would change
What I once saw would become like everything else
The same -

The open eyes of youth would close down just to cracks
I would - never again see the real world
Just like the rest, I'd turn my back

I told them once when I was young
That it was too late for me to change
I couldn't ignore the facts

The reality that brought this incredible pain

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Scars within my flesh and soul
Stayed just for show
Seeing, I felt and saw things

Others could never know
They tell me now to turn my head
So that I may rest at peace

But ignoring the things that I know
Would be living a life of deceit
The perversion of love and the power of hate

Lie deep inside my head
I can't turn to ignorance -
The life of the wordly bli