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Let's Pretend
It's make believe
Like a cloak, I drape it around myself
So no one can see
The very real and very vulnerable me
In your presence I pretend
Sometimes I'm Lacey Morgan Shaye
But never me
That's too hard to be
Except when I am by myself
If you do not know me
Then you cannot see me
If you cannot use me
Then you cannot hurt me
Usually
I took the cloak off one day
Huh
I guess I wanted to, experience
I showed you who I was inside
My mistake
You used me and abused me and
I will never be the same
I will never be me again
So I don my cloak and
Re-enter the game of
Let's pretend
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