Truth or Dare

He said truth or dare

She said dare

He said "why?"

She said cause the truth is something I'd rather hide

I don't think you'd understand how I feel inside

I am just a girl

And a girl is always always fine

She always says that she's fine

Just before she disappears

Acting like she doesn't feel

Cause it's the feelings that she fears

Broken once and broken twice

She's been let down by her peers

Shame on you, the shame is mine

Who gets the shame when it's been years?

She'd been pretty since the day

That her body met her soul

"That's a blessing" some would say

A different story would unfold

She's been treated like she's prey

Like an item to be sold

It's hard to know who's really safe

When your body is the goal

And her eyes don't lie

They tell all of her secrets

She wish she could keep 'em

But her heart is on her sleeve and

Although she tries

To hide all of the pieces

Those close can still see

It's pulling hard at her seams

She looks so pretty put together

But her eyes give her away

Like a sundress when the weather

Keeps on pouring down with rain

And she's got good at just pretending

That everything's ok

Because she knows she's on her own

And that's the only thing that

Stays the same

She feels the weight

Of everything about to break

But you won't see

What's underneath

Hide all the pain

Cause they won't understand a thing anyway

And her eyes don't lie

They tell all of her secrets

She wish she could keep 'em

But her heart is on her sleeve and

Although she tries

To hide all of the pieces

Those close can still see

It's pulling hard at her seams

She gives and she gives just to get nothing back

Tells herself "it's ok"

She doesn't need any of that

But she knows deep inside

I'd be nice to feel seen

To know that maybe one day

She could be someone's everything

She's had pain

And she's seen lost

But she needs love

And she needs trust

Like blood from a vein she gives too much

Just to try to feel enough

Just to try to feel the love

Love yourself before someone

Babe you've been picking all the wrong ones

Time to pick yourself for once

She just wants to be enough

So she gives herself away

But when she's finally done

There's no love left for her to claim

She knows how to heel others

But can't seem to heal herself

She'll keep giving out her pieces

'Till she's nothing but a shell

And she's soft with everyone except for herself

You couldn't tell that just underneath the surface is hell

And she laughs through the pain

Only way to stay sane

A perfect picture held together by a broken frame

But in her story there is hope

Dreams of everything she wants

A life of meaning

A life of love

A life where she's every bit enough

I found her once

I'll find her twice

I'll search and search in every life

Cause we belong, belong together

And I will know your heart as mine

And we will be so intertwined

And you will see, no longer blind

That you deserve a life that's better

That you are perfectly designed

And I will hold your hand in mine

And we will walk right through this life

And you'll do more than just survive

And you'll be so much more than

Fine