Reckoning

I'm not too sure what is they think they know about me.
But I am sure that whatever it may be, they are wrong.
Their deceitful smiles, their judgments are false.
For they could never know the real person behind this facade.

Never given the chance to show what is I hold.
The passion I desire, the dreams I dream
They do not know, nor will they ever care
To them I am only a person, nothing else of importance

But how wrong they are and always have been
Behind the mask, I possess a knowledge.
A knowledge that came with a great deal of strength
A strength I found in myself when no one else did.
They are foolish, arrogant, pathetic.

The sad hopeless image they prove time and time again
I've learned that I do not belong in this image
What they want from me, they will never get.
My dignity, my strength, my knowledge

I may have been bruised, but I've never been broken
They may have taken my pride once upon a time
That time was long ago and a new day has begun
The sun rises and I shall too.

Run while you can, while you have the chance
I'm almost to the end, you won't have much time
Because I make it to the goal, it'll all be over
You see those scars on me?

Tiger stripes, worn with pride and strength
A reminder of what you thought you put me through
But you're wrong don't you see? You've failed.
You never took anything from me

I'm still standing here aren't I?
This is where starts, this is where it will end.
Run while you can my friends
This is where the reckoning begins