What we wanted seldom matters
When we lose the battle
Of perception against reality
You never get to reason
When there’s no reason to be found
And when faced with a mind made up
There’s seldom a shot at changing it
I’ve sought to live up to the role
I perfected in my own head
A lot of time spent rehearsing
Who I’m meant to be
But it’s not me that has to see
The performance I portray
And maybe I’m just not as good
At this acting as I thought
And once we make that first impression
There’s little room to fix it
So here I am still trying
To stumble over words and phrases
When no one’s out there listening
Especially the one I’m speaking to
And maybe we’re just better off in silence