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Not Me That You See

(John Hawkins)

Anyone struggling with an addiction will get it... sucks!

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Verse I 
Swept away on a rapid stream
All I want to do is scream
Never wanted this endless dream
Somewhere in time I lost the real me

Chorus
Redemption is all I crave
So shamed and defamed
Society looking the other way
I'm only human and we are the same

It's not me that you see
It's not me they see

Verse II 
Isolated in a room filled with people
Running, running so scared
From my inherited disease
Unwanted stigma forever seen

Chorus
Redemption is all I crave
So shamed and defamed
Society looking the other way
I'm only human and we are the same

It's not me that you see
It's not me they see

Verse III 
My splintered mind can't reset
Endless thoughts of insanity 
A haunted past running in slow motion
Childhood memories that cry

Chorus
Redemption is all I crave
So shamed and defamed
Society looking the other way
I'm only human and we are the same

It's not me that you see
It's not me they see

Verse IV
My cries always saying this time
No excuses left for my crimes
I'm a damaged road that's closed
A prisoner in my own mind

Chorus
Redemption is all I crave
So shamed and defamed
Society looking the other way
I'm only human and we are the same

It's not me that you see
It's not me they see

Verse V
Hoping those strings reappear
Release this uncontrolled puppet
Begging a chance to breathe on my own
Hoping to be freed from this disease

Chorus
Redemption is all I crave
So shamed and defamed
Society looking the other way
I'm only human and we are the same

It's not me that you see
It's not me they see

© John Hawkins 2018

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