Here I am pretending to be
Somebody you dream about
I think about it, how vain
That someone could be me

Can I stand?
To be what you want
To be what you need
Two separate things
You can’t understand
Can I stand this anymore?

Here I stand
In a foreign land
Who are these?
Strange folks
Staring at me?
Who do you choose to be?
Am I really free?
In this critical land?

Your smile it warms me
And it pains me, too
Why can’t I get you?
To love me as I am
The world can be so cruel
I’m no simple fool
You won’t tell me what to be

Stand for what you are
Stand for where you are
Today, you’ve come too far
And why, can’t they just
Like you as you are

Here I am covering
Up all these scars
But I’m still standing
As what I’ve always been

APD 2004 / Revision 2022-01-16