Burning On the Inside

Ask me just one little time,
Ask me how I feel.
Ask me how I'm doin'
Please ask me if I'm real.

I may not really show it.
I may not really care.
But if I'm truly honest,
And I am, I swear!

I really think
That all my thoughts
Are really chains
Around this box.

This box that I have made my home,
This fortress I have built.
To keep you all from finding out
My cause of grief and guilt.

I don't want to let you see that.
I couldn't bare the bitter shame!
Of my walls come crashing in,
For you to that I'm the same.

The same as all these other fools,
The same as him and her.
Because behind our fortress walls-
A human heart that burns.

It burns something brighter.
It burns for something true.
It burns for love and sacrifice
Burnt for me and you.