Lock it deep inside
don't let it see the light
say what's expected
so you'll never face the sight
of your own iron shell's destruction

Surrounded by the strangers
who call themselves your friends
keeping up the image
you stuff it all within
and let them all pretend

Oh If they only knew
then perhaps they'd see
the world's not a simple place,
people tend to fall from grace,
and what time we have we shouldn't waste
by putting up steel blockades

Time won't wait for change
and as your days unfold
while your stories go untold,
the fire deep inside
dwindles with every lie

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