Less Than What You Are

What you thought you starved now draws breath 
You could let it out or keep it all depressed 
just close it off and let the silence swell instead 

And not to make you think you're less than what you are
Protect yourself and conseal your scars 

But as I pry 
I'm slowly starting to understand why
I am what I am and why 
I can't make you understand internaly

They'd give there lives to get inside
Manipulation
Strip our self control
And where you think you stand
Demonstrates all I despize 
But was ment as only well
Copyright © | Year Posted 2005

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