Yo it's a frostbite world,
all of them are looking fi
protect themselves
Make sure no one fi see
this soreness dwells
When they can't tell,
you covered it well
He's got a secret,
keeps a decoy hidden
when you check it
You'd ex pect it's where the X is
but he knows just how to X it
You read his poker face
and underneath you saw sincerity
He told a symphony of tales
and all you heard's the melody
Successfully mastered the laws
of hiding his identity
Like how to lie acceptably
and disrespect respectfully
Fine but now he sees the reasons
people change like seasons
Cause the saints that he believed in
learnt to cover up the demons
Now he's weaving through a crowd
of aces equally adept
Who'd all reveal themselves
if it was something they'd accept
Now they reach into their
pockets
like something is gonna stop it
But human insecurity
is how you make a profit
Now he's got it to a T
all the roles he has to play
And he's changing with the days,
work to family, to mates
And I catch him every now and then,
he hits me with a smack
When I look into the mirror,
I've seen a stranger looking back
Look at his mug
He wears it so well
Look at her mug
She wears it so well
I must have been 19, nice jeans,
cooler than some ice cream
Confident with girls,
I knew how to say the right thing
But I never told the sorrow
that I held within
With a grin that was fixed on
with safety pins
But the nights, the nights were incredible
The opposite of celibate,
getting drunk for the hell of it
Girls tiptoe with high heels
out his residence
But take a closer look in his eyes,
you'll see the evidence
At first glance, he's five foot ten
With a smile that disarms
and a whole bunch of friends
At second glance
everything's not what it seems
And he hides behind his smile,
but he's breaking at the seams
And it seems too much
to be true
to what is shown
And no matter who you do take home,
you feel alone
So I put this mask on,
there's my way to cope
But I'm hoping that one day I won't
Look at his mom,
he wears it so well
Look at her mo m, she wears it so well
I don't
I'll see you in the peace
Thank you for watching.