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Stand In Manhattan Take A good look around you See All the people Close your eyes And imagine Every single person That passes you Has a life Those they love Friends Family Acquaintances Enemies But you don't know them Guess what You don't know me either The person you see When I stand before you Is so much deeper Has so much more To them Than you'll ever know There's so much about me That you don't know That you can't Even imagine Emotions Deeper than the oceans Feelings Stronger than steel Hopes Brighter than the sun Dreams Larger than galaxies Yet they're hidden From you From the world My smile is fleeting My laughter is forced My words are few My eyes are shadowed But my heart is full Of feelings you'll never know My insides on fire Fear That's all I know Don't want to let go Of the reigns I hold Around my heart My soul is crying Feel like dying But still I turn away From the sunlit day Thick curtains Shield me From the world Prevent others From ever knowing Discovering The person in me The person I can be Terrified Of being hurt Being walked on Being cast away Isn't it easier To just lock my heart Throw away the key Head off any pain Perhaps in theory But not in reality Trust me I know Do you want to know me? Because if you don't Than please stay away I don't want to play But if you do I promise you I'll be the best friend You'll ever have But first You'll have to find me Get close to me Convince me You're sincere And if you aren't I'll just pull the curtains closed