Don't be fooled by me br don't be fooled by the face i wear br masks that i am afraid to take off br and none of them are me. br pretending is an art that's second nature to me, br but don't be fooled. br i gave you the impression that im secure br that confidence is my name br that the waters calm and im in command br and that i need no one. br but don't believe me br my surface may seem smooth, but my surface br is my mask, ever varying and ever concealing br beneath lies no complacence br beneath lies confusion and fear and loneliness br but i had this. i don't want anybody to know it. br i panic at the thought of my weakness and fear being exposed. br thats why i frantically create a mask to hide behind, br a nonchalant sophisticated facade to help me pretend, br to shield me from the glance br the glance that knows br but such a glance is precicely my salvation. br my only hope, and i know it. br that is if its followed by acceptance, br if its followed by love. br its the only thing that can liberate me from myself, br from my own self built prison walls, br from the barriers i painstakingly erect br its the only thing that will assure me br of what i cant assure myself, br that im really worth something br i don't like to hide.