Keeping Secrets

You've got lots of thoughts to wade through

Tangled webs of people who will

Complicate your life and thwart you

These are facts that I relate to

Pick and choose the truth that you wanna tell

If you're being smart

No broken trust, no drama, you just keep to yourself

Be your own best friend and confidant

'Cause no one will protect you when things go wrong

The secrets you keep safe inside

Might keep you awake, and cut like a knife

It's hard to get used to

Trust me, the sooner you learn

It can be good to keep a secret

When I was young I learned hard lessons

Found my strength through independence

It's okay to act better than you feel

That's just being smart

You don't owe the world a thing in what you reveal

I see so much of me inside you

I'm grateful for this chance to guide you

The secrets you keep safe inside

And all the pressure it takes to create a diamond

'Cause the road to ruin is paved by intentions of fools

Nice people who

Couldn't keep a secret

No one can keep you small

Be bulletproof and ten feet tall

An island

Population one

No one can hurt you, or let you down again

The secrets I keep safe inside

A skill I perfected so I could survive

It worked before

It doesn't serve me anymore

I wish I never learned how to be

So good at keeping secrets