Monster Behind The Mask

I know this teenage wreck,
Who's headed down the tubes,
She’s always got her head in the clouds,
And never knows what to do.

She’s the shoulder everyone cries on,
The one who's not allowed to be sad,
She sits though insults and puts on a brave face,
But she's taking in more than she can.

Now we're onto her appearance,
And I'd lie if I said she was skinny,
And she looks just like a painted doll,
She's a mess, take it from me.

And while she was born clever,
She doesn't even try,
Because if there's no self-faith,
Even the truth becomes a lie.

It's not a wonder she's partly deaf,
With that hell of a house she lives in,
Her parent's shouting, her sister crying,
And she just doesn't ever seem to win.

Outside she fakes a smile,
Occasionally forgets it all,
The one place she is truly happy,
Is at friend's houses or at school.

She feels sick all the time,
In the stomach and the head,
She's knows that she's fucked,
That’s what her parent's said.

She's learned to cover it up,
And play along for the show,
But tell me what a family is,
If the daughters scared of her family alone?

You can never miss her anywhere,
She's so God damn fucking loud,
She never, ever shuts up,
And is afraid to join the crowd.

I promise this'll end soon,
The horror will be gone,
While you can go enjoy you're lives,
I'm stuck listening to her song.

She always makes promises,
She knows she'll never keep,
Out of fear or out of comfort,
They always make her weep.

This girl suffers nightmares,
Her worst fears almost alive,
They come back to haunt her,
Most of the time she never survives.

I know her all to well,
She's in every reflection I see,
For this monster behind the mask,
Is in fact.....me.