You Don't Know Who I Am

Someone else’s coat is keeping me warm tonight

Someone else’s skirt isn’t fitting me right

Someone else’s mouth is saying the things you like

I gotta keep that someone around if I’m gonna live this lie

Is it time to tell the truth

That I’m just not myself with you?

You don’t even know who I am

And you’ll never understand

I’m just performing in a mask whenever you’re around

And I hide everything that I am

In my elaborate plan to keep you happy and content

But you don’t know who I am

Looking at my life, you could divide it up

Draw a line between who I am with you and who I was

How many stifled opinions ‘till I hide ‘em all?

How many lies ‘till I look around, not knowing who I’ve become?

Is it time to break the news

That I’m just not myself with you?

You don’t even know who I am

And you’ll never understand

I’m just performing in a mask whenever you’re around

And I hide everything that I am

In my elaborate plan to keep you happy and content

But you don’t know who I am

Whenever we’d make plans

I dreaded them

I’d spend the night before just crying on the shower floor

Through all that pain

I’m forever changed

I’d make a bet that you’re exactly who you were before

You don’t even know who I am

And you’ll never understand

I’m just performing in a mask whenever you’re around

And I hide everything that I am

In my elaborate plan to keep you happy and content

But you don’t know who I am