I should have known in the beginning
It had to reach a bitter end
To play the knight in shining armour

When I was just a simple man

But I became the one you wanted

And for a while it all made perfect sense
So I believed telling you lies was
Just an act of self defense


So it goes
Don't we all know the story

Of princes and frogs
And dreams colliding with real life


Well, it shouldn't have come as a surprise
You could have been well prepared for this
You could have seen it in my eyes

If you had looked there once

I never liked telling you lies

I've always hoped at last you'd see
The man behind the disguise
The real me