When you're putting on a mask
Running blindly from the past
I'll be here waiting
Always waiting for you

When your cheeks burn from smiling
And your eyes burn from secret crying
I'll be here waiting
Always waiting for you

When your heart is surely broken
By the one that you had chosen
I'll be here waiting
Always waiting for you

When all your days seem hopeless
And living is just pointless
I'll be here waiting
Always waiting for you

When you finally need a new love
To replace the one you're tired of
I'll be here waiting
Always waiting for you

But one day I must pass
For nothing ever lasts
And up there I'll be waiting
Always waiting for you

And if I'm blind,
Then maybe I don't want to see.

And the princess didn't run from the dragon - she couldn't, for the dragon was within.

Will you be my umbrella?
Hold me close,
Keep me safe
When the rain pours down?

Or will you be the storm?

I'll be the girl with her head hung low
And you'll be the perfect boy in the imperfect world
And together we'll be us

They say that when you know, you know
That it is infinite, limitless
That the world stops, seconds pause
And there's no one there but you

You and him
Him and you
Together

You could say that I'm scared
That I'll always be alone
That it'll never be my time
That nobody will ever feel that way about me

There are others like me
They make excuses for being alone
That they're too young
That they're not allowed

But age doesn't matter
Because when you know, you know
And since I've never known,
It means that much more to me.

She walks with friends, but still alone
Hiding behind drinks and laughs
Doing anything to shut out reality
To conceal the truth

They think she's brave
They think she's strong
They don't even know her
And that's just the way she wants it

She's ashamed of her past
Of things she couldn't help
People she couldn't save
Scars she can't erase

She's merely a girl
A girl who's lost so much
That she is blind to what happiness really is
To what living really means

She used to be sick
She used to fear that every day
Every painstaking, torturous day
Would be her last

But she lived
She's one of the lucky ones
So maybe she is strong
But not in the way they think

She lost her grandfather as a child
Never really got to know him
But she hears he loved her
And she thinks she loved him

She tried using boys to fill the hole in her heart
To ease her pain
And make her happy
And help her feel

But they never put her first
They never really knew
How she needed them
Why she wanted them

Her father passed on a few years back
Fell victim to the same plague that nearly took her life
Why him?
Why then?

She was lost
She was broken
She ignored the pain
She tried to bury it

But she's just a girl
A girl who loves too much
But loses more
And cannot understand

Her mother pressures her
Says she needs a man
Someone to fix her
Someone to make her settle down

But she's not ready to admit she's ready
That she can finally move on
Because it's easier this way
It's simpler to ignore than to feel

So for now she's lost
Shutting out those who care
Running away from the truth
Hiding behind drinks and laughs