a world of make believe

don't tell me that you know
don't tell me that you understand
don't give me any words of pity
if you do, i will break again

let me live in my world of make believe
where nothing has gone wrong, like it did
where everything is as it used to be
leave me in the dark, pretending

tell me no truths
i beg you, only tell me lies
so that i don't have to face that reality
the one i never wanted

tell me what i want to hear
don't tell me what truly waits
before my eyes, so fiercely closed
since my world was torn apart

please, say nothing that will remind me
my heart is dead to now
my mind still lives in then, away
from what i can't accept

don't let me know that you know
leave me in my safe haven
far from the blistering fingers of truth
let me hide in my mind

let me live away from reality
let me lose memory for sanity's sake
let me hold tight to hopes and dreams
as if they were what happens

Let me live in this world of make believe
let me live like my heart's still there
let me be who I was, who I wish to be
And leave me alone with my tears