Lies

I used to look in the mirror and recognize me, but with all thats happened I cant bear to look and see.

I'm dirty now and I can't be cleaned, cos the scars they don't wash off.

so instead i hide them so no one can see and pretend I'm the same old me.

how long can i act like this? will it ever go away?
maybe one day I'll just wake up and everything will be OK?

i know that miracles can happen so how come its not to me?
how will i explain the scars if other people see?

i got bitten by a dog like twenty thousand times?
i just woke up one morning an noticed all these lines?

I'm sure I'll find some lie or other, i must be pretty good by now.
maybe i got bitten by a hedgehog or stood on by a cow?

i dread looking in the mirror cos I'm scared of what I'll see,
how come other people can't just let me be.