I was told to be a man was build defences strong
Keep your woman in her place and she?ll keep hangin? on
Now I?ve grown to realise my life?s been filled with lies
A tread I?ve been hangin? on has broken in her eyes
If I could let my heart be known in spite walls so high
I might taste those bitter tears that I?ve never learned to cry
But I?ve got a pa-ast like a mask
And I can see it in her face, the many years I can?t erase
A broken heart I can?t replace in spite of what I try
But I?ve got a pa-ast like a mask
And I sure took my time to understand
When I was young, not long ago, I hid my feelings well