Self-Deception

I'm unclean

Undress me

So unreal

The frame I see

I stand stripped to the waist

Before myself

Is it really me

Or what I'm trying to be

I won't drown

In my tears

And go down

In my fears

I am stripped to the skin

I feel ashamed

Is it really me

What I pretend to be

This life is just an illusion

A dream that never ends

I'm always trapped in confusion

On lies it all depends

If this is just an illusion

Made up in somebody's mind

I have to draw the conclusion

It must be someone unkind

I won't lose

My trust again

So untrue

It's still the same

So I strip off my skin

To ease the pain

Is it really me

What I believe to see