I never confessed before That I have gone too far In this simulation of life I have acted out a role I have never been whole I couldn't be what people need
A name I throw on mud A hero who's a dud I chose to obliterate Devoted to negate Unchained from the past My persona can't last I must reborn that's why
You must forget my name
I have tried to be ideal I would die to conceal The worst mistake, a man so fake I have been only a slave Of those dreams that deprave A fool addicted to his own ego
Scratch out this vicious word All syllables are blurred Dare not repeat the name I can't afford the shame I saw the curtains fall I hit and broke the wall Dead dreams haunt me that's why
You must forget my name
Take my empty name, erase it away See the putrid idol lost in yesterday All the false glory of my past identity The cold empty smile of my own nonentity
I've told myself the lie Now all the illusions die A man under a cloak A name that's just a joke I will never accept The life I now regret Then I kneel and beg, oh I beg!