Take the mask off

You hide behind your mask
and i can't make you come out
most people only see what they wish
yet most people aren't me
you tell me to leave
yet i stay and try to befriend you
i miss you

in your mask you hide
in that mask of lies
you hold me close and share your dreams
yet i know you're only telling me what i wish to hear
don't do this to yourself
don't hurt yourself like this
i could make it all better
if you'd only believe

i am the mask you were
people only see me
and people only see
what i want them to see
let me back in
let me help you heal your sins
i only wish to encourage this person i see within

so hold me even closer lover
and let me heal your wounds
let me be to you
what no one was to me in childhood
let me say the words i always longed for they to say
i love you lover, until death do us part
i love you lover so hold on tight
i love you lover I'll never let them win the fight
i love you lover just say you love me back