Behind the Mask

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