Chameleon How To Live In Terror

Chameleon You brought me into this world And showed me the way To walk in Terror And live with it every day You pointed to the Holy And said that it would save But when I cried out in the dark It didn’t go away Do you like how you have molded me Do you know what I have become A chameleon that can change Change into another one You blame and call me strange And tell many I am deranged You’ve done this so no one will know What I must do to endure so much pain And for your own protection you lie and draw all near near Leaving me none to believe me Or lend a soothing ear With your words and hands you mold me And make it crystal clear And to this day from so long ago The condemning sounds echo in my ear But I have learned to hide it And bury it down inside And when it comes to the surface And leaks all around I send the chameleon up to see and look for the safe ground A chameleon moves among you So that you will be able to see The scales and claws I developed By the words and hands that nurtured me.