You should be proud of me,
Thirty years of perfect mimickry,
You fully believed I was human
Perfected identity,
You never even knew the real me
You never even cared to ask,
So I'll keep on pretending
Perfection in obscurity,
Hidden behind my mask

And it's funny to me now
That my righteousness was all show,
And it protected me from questions
I was too scared to ask,
It protected me from Truths I felt too broken to know,

So I'll take to the stage and bow,
Scream out "look at me now"
I hold my mask in two hands,
I need not make no demands
I knew all you secrets,
I know all you games
My secret weapon Is attention to detail,
And I know all your crimes and tall tales
And you didn't even know my name,
So no need for me to take blame
No need for me to feel shame

I'll keep my cards close,
My lover closer,
And never show what's in my head,
I'll be closing up,
I'll be telling falsehoods,
Keep my demons warm and fed

I hope you remember me
As a mess of eccentricities
Barely held together by these chords,
Done paying a price I can't afford
I'm keeping my Masks locked tight,
They're keeping me up at night,
But I know the ticket to my survival
Cause I never learned a trick more vital
I can't afford to show my skin anymore
I won't show my sin anymore,
Cause there's nothing more destructive than my honesty
So I'll practice confidence like it's common sense to hide this side of me,
It's due diligence to perform this like it's all I know
Because all I learned by growing up is how to put on a show