The Real Me Lyrics - On My Way Here - Clay Aiken

Foolish heart looks like we're here again 

Same old game of plastic smile, don't let anybody in 

Hiding my heartache, will this glass house break? 

How much will they take before I'm empty? 

Do I let it show, does anybody know? 

But you see the real me hiding in my skin, broken from within 

Reveal me completely, I'm loosening my grasp 

No need to hold back my frailty 'cause you see the real me 

Painted on, life is behind a mask, self-inflicted circus clown 

I'm tired of the song and dance, living a charade, always on parade 

What a mess I've made of my existence 

But you love me even now and still I see somehow 

That you see the real me hiding in my skin, broken from within 

Reveal me completely, I'm loosening my grasp 

No need to hold back my frailty, oh 'cause you see the real me 

Shadows are shattered dreams, they follow me they've haunted me 

But you've taken the broken pieces of my life and helped me to believe 

'Cause you see the real me hiding in my skin, broken from within 

Reveal me completely, I'm loosening my grasp 

No need to hold back my frailty, oh 'cause you see the real me