You think you know me pretty well
But how can you tell
You never get inside my head

The times we talk
We never speak
We play hide and seek
So many things are left unsaid

Why can't you see
What's on the other side of me?
The side of me
That reaches out to you
Sweet thoughts and dreams
Like drops of rain on rippling streams
That wind and bend
Rivers with no end
Flowing on the other side of me

It seems I always get unstrung
I trip on my tongue
With words that come out something else
I'm so afraid the things I say
Might chase you away
I have to hide behind myself
Why can't you see
What's on the other side of me
The side of me
That reaches out to you
Why must I hide
These feelings that have been denied?
Only you can set me free
See what's on the other side of me

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La-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la
I have to hide behind myself

Why can't you see
What's on the other side of me?
The side of me
That reaches out to you
Why must I hide
These feelings that have been denied?
Only you can set me free
See what's on the other side of me

On the other side of me
On the other side of me