Afraid

I'm looking through the window pane

Smeared by dirt and streaked by rain

The future isn't what it seems to be

But what about me?

I go through life with my eyes half-closed

Afraid of what I'll see, afraid of what the world will show

Yet I'm still surprised when I hit the wall

And I falter and fall

I shut my mouth because I can't speak straight

I always think the world only sees me second-rate

And so I spend my life in constant despair

And I tell myself life isn't fair

I turn away from those I want to know

Easier to just pass by and let them go

If they were to see me, what would I say?

Does it matter anyway?

I've spent so many years

Living my whole life in fear

Won't you come and hold me near?

Because I am still afraid