Mother, pick me up from the floor again
Tell me to count to ten
Cover me with all the love that you can lend
On you I can depend on
Holding on, not letting go
How can I feel alive again?
In this darkness on my own
Mother, tell me, is this where the story ends?
Do I have to start again?
Who's the man behind the mask?
You wore it well, you had me fooled 'til the last laugh
And were you faking every day?
Now I can't breathe because you took my air away
You smashed me like a glass against the walls that we had made
Walked away, nothing to say
Just a debt that has been paid
Mother, can't you see that I am broken? (I was haunted and I was found)
(Then you run me into the ground)
Mother, mother, how long will my wounds stay open?
I can't do this again
Holding on, not letting go
How can I feel alive again?
In this darkness on my own
I wish I knew how to pretend
Mother
Is this the price that I must pay as I slowly slip away?
Who's the man behind the mask?
You wore it well, you had me fooled 'til the last laugh
And were you faking every day?
Now I can't breathe because you took my air away
I don't know where to begin, you made me feel so dead in my own skin
You stretched me paper thin, you knew I'd always give in
You pushed me to the brink, you knocked me down or so you think
"You played the game," is what the man in the mask would say
Who's the man behind the mask?
You wore it well, you had me fooled 'til the last laugh
And were you faking every day?
Now I can't breathe because you took my air away
Who's the man behind the mask?
You wore it well, you had me fooled 'til the last laugh
And were you faking every day?
Now I can't breathe because you took my air away