Masks

A huge reason I made this blog is so I could share the lyrics that I have written with you. Here is the first lyrics I wrote... I wrote this after a conversation with my friend Nate Jensen about how we all wear masks. ( I know it sounds a little depressing but that was not the point.) At the time I had realized how in high school we try too hard to fit in and that it was not worth it. If we can't be who we really are and have people like us, then the world is a sad place. I hope you find through this song that you can take off any mask you are wearing.

Masks
Walking through crowds in a crowded high school hall,
Looking at people passin' by me, and
I wonder are they all like me? Is there a part of them they choose not to let us see?
Masks-- hiding who we really are, hiding what we truly feel. Behind smiling eyes and laughter can they see the tears?
Masks-- turning us into one of the crowd, popularity's ploy.
Why can't they see the masks? Can't we just take them off? Is what is hidden so horrible? I wonder... do masks cover every one of us?

I wear a mask of my own-- a smile, a ready laugh. But sometimes I was to cry-- why can't anyone see who I really am?. . . behind my mask?
Masks-- hiding who I really am, hiding what I truly feel.
Behind my smiling eyes and laugh can you see my hidden fears?
Masks-- making me "one of the group" but really I'm all alone
Why can't you see behind the mask? I want to take it off-- show you what I really am. I wonder... can I take off my mask and still be "me?"

I watch you everyday, and try to see behind that mask you wear, seen the pain I'm sure you hide.
You act so self assured-- like nothing's wrong, but I know you hide behind that mask.
Masks-- hiding who you really are, hiding what you truly feel.
Behind your smiling eyes and laughter I want to see your heart.
Masks-- bringing you into the crowd, popular and never alone. . .
Why can't I see behind your mask? Please let me take it off. Is what you hide too horrible for me? Why can't I see?

Let's go remove the masks, one by one-- live unafraid to show our inner selves.
Show our hopes, show our dreams, instead of masking everything.

Don't be afraid to be the one who takes it off. I'll start with me and when we're done, shining faces reveal themselves.
Masks-- thrown aside revealing who we really are, showing what were really feel.
Showing the happy, sad, and in between.
Masks-- taken off we really see in our hearts and finding true life... not hidden behind a mask.

Don't hide behind a mask... I wonder...
Why do we hide behind these masks?

March 5, 2008