Behind the mask

Mother, pick me up from the floor again,
Tell me to count to ten
Cover me with all the love that you can lend,
On you I can depend on
Holding on not letting go,
How can I feel alive again
In this darkness on my own

Mother, tell me is there where the story ends,
Do I have to start again?
Who's the man behind the mask,
You wore it well you had my fooled till the last laugh
And were you faking everyday
Now I can't breathe because you took my air away

You smashed me like a glass against
The walls that we had made
Walked away nothing
To say just a dept that has been paid
Mother, can't you see that I am broken
(I was hunted, then I was found, and you run me into the ground)
Mother, mother how long will my wound stay open,
I can't do this again

Holding on not letting go,
How can I feel alive again
In this darkness on my own
I wish I knew how to pretend
Mother, is this the price that I must pay,
As I slowly slip away?
Who's the man behind the mask,
You wore it well you had my fooled till the last laugh
And were you faking everyday
Now I can't breathe because you took my air away

I don't know where to begin
You made me feel so dead in my own skin
You scretched me paper thin (you knew I'd always give in)
You pushed me to brink you knocked me down or so you think
I played the games is the man in the mask would say
Who's the man behind the mask,
You wore it well you had my fooled till the last laugh
And were you faking everyday
Now I can't breathe because you took my air away