The Difference

What kind of man am I supposed to be
When I bite my tongue and carry on
To keep the peace?
All these faces
Spinning around
I see your smile like a
Backwards frown

You think you're fooling me?
Your beauty's only skin
Deep inside
You've corrupted your own life

So listen to me
Your fabricated life will
Crash into reality and you'll see
The difference

What kind of life am I supposed to lead
When I'm choking on my very own hypocrisies?
Peel back my skin so you can see
Here I am, a man.
What more do you want from me?

You think you know it all
Because you seem to
Sound the part
But I know the difference

So listen to me
Your grasp on this life is slipping
All the things you said you've done
Have perpetuated this lie
But from this end maybe we can
Start to see
What exactly is it that you expect from me
When I bite my tongue and carry on
Just to keep the peace
Peel back my skin now tell me what do you see
A man who doesn't have to fake his self esteem
Dont hate the things about you you can't change
Embrace the part of you that makes you strange
I'm not impressed with men who feel the need
To lie to me in order to make up for all of their inadequacies

Listen to me
Take it from someone who knows
If you continue to hide
From the truth then you will
Never grow inside
Into the man you're destined to be
Stop fooling yourself into
Thinking there is
Nothing you can do
Because somewhere inside
Your voice is dying to break through
The real you