What's the point of your lies
To believe in something new
And though I know it's not
You say it's fine, sure it's fine
Just a game played out by you
And the fools you've brought along
But when they meet the me you see
Sooner or later, it just won't matter

When the me you say you see
Is a stranger to you, keeping her own distance
Sure indeed, she's a part of me
And a small part, too, making my own substance
Like the lights that light the night
We can turn them off, and I can breathe in shadows
When the me that's really me
Is alive and well, I wouldn't tell a thing

So show me what you know I need
I've been dying to come down
I do not blame you or tame you
Turn from me, count to three
Your hide and seek will not reveal
The sorrow that I feel
But should you find the me you see
Sooner or later, you just might feel it

When the me you say you see
Is a stranger to you, keeping her own distance
Sure indeed, she's a part of me
And a small part, too, making my own substance
Like the lights that light the night
We can turn them off, and I can breathe in shadows
When the me that's really me
Is alive and well, I wouldn't tell it

Do you really have to leave so soon
There's a call that you should take
You know the house you built
It's burning now, burning now
So sorry I wished it all away
You should have told me what to say
But when there's little left for me
Sooner or later, oh well, whatever

When the me you say you see
Is a stranger to you, keeping her own distance
Sure indeed, she's a part of me
And a small part, too, making my own substance
Like the lights that light the night
We can turn them off, and I can breathe in shadows
When the me I know as me
Is alive and well, I wouldn't
I wouldn't tell it
I wouldn't tell a thing

When the me you say you see
Is a stranger to you, keeping her own distance
So ok, it's a part you say,
I'm supposed to play, never mind the substance
But like the lights that light the night
We can turn them off
And I can breathe in shadows
I can breathe in shadows