Because my heart is never as it seems,
Wearing masks, behind a clever face I hide;
And so I really only live in dreams,
Where I can cast the witty masks aside.
And there I'm safe, accepted for the sake
Of who I am, and not what I've become;
Only there abounds such forgiving grace,
And so my faults in dreams are lessened some.
Yet I smile, my mask firmly in place,
For you, my love, though you will never know
The spider web of lies, like fragile lace,
Abiding in myself, my greatest foe.
So take me as I am, but never have me,
I swear I'll keep to dreams and there I'll live;
Only there can I trust you completely,
You'll have to settle for what I can give.