• Pretending


    I wander through life
    Not sure of who I am.
    All that I say,
    Every time I speak,
    It's all a sham.
    Always pretending.

    I don't realize
    How many I've hurt,
    The spirits I've broken,
    The souls I've crushed.
    Every day I pull on a new shirt.
    Always pretending.

    People try to tell me,
    But I don't listen,
    I just nod my head,
    And tell myself
    "They don't know what they're missin'."
    Always pretending.

    But I met a man
    Who was a true friend.
    He showed me what I did,
    Who I hurt,
    What I said
    When I was pretending.

    Now I'm just me,
    And no one else.
    I look back at that day
    And thank God for the man
    Who showed me to just be myself,
    Never pretending.