Private Me

"Just a little somethin' I need to get off my chest
Keeps me up at night with little to no rest

It's the idea of things that keep me going to God knows where

Walkin' down this path alone with no one there

My real friends, I can count up to one

There were others but those are as good as done

The other people I guess they're acquaintances but little do they know

That everything they think they know about me is anything that I show

I'm too private a person to let loose and tell my secrets

Too afraid that they're mouth is too big enough to keep it

They don't know how I feel when it comes to relationships

How what I once had and how it ended makes me not want to relate to sh*t

It's too big a burden to care so much for someone and come out empty handed

Feeling as if I was just left alone and stranded

They ask me why I don't do this or that and why I don't go out

I'm trying to find myself from within now that's what I'm about

This is why I don't even bother looking for more "friends"

We're on a different path looking through the same camera but with a different lens

I don't talk down on anyone because everyone has their own issues

I think it's my time to talk, you listen, and just hand me some tissues

This is the main reason why I began writing years ago

I needed a venue to just let most of my tears flow

It's how I've maintained and been able to keep sane

Been in some tough spots and I've been forced to change

We're the same age and still young, but our minds ain't the same."