[Vers 1] Lately I’ve been thinking about my family, thinking about me when I was a kid, thinking about me as a freak. I had only one friend, that was it. The other kids ignored me at hide and seek. They said I was too bad, I didn’t fit in. Maybe they were right — maybe I was weak. And that’s one reason why it’s hard to speak. [Refrain] They hide the truth and no one seeks what lies beneath the girl that barely speaks It’s all about hide and seek, They think they’ve already found me, only to say I’m a freak And they — THEY believe I’m weak. [Vers 2] Laughter at parties by the neighbours, we didn’t miss one, because what would they say? I failed to play with the other kids, and their parents wondered why I always wanted to stay. A weird, silent kid trying to connect with their treasure. Under pressure, I tried to convince them, before he decided that we were going home. But there is no home — only his kingdom. [Refrain] They hide the truth and no one seeks what lies beneath the girl that barely speaks It’s all about hide and seek, They think they’ve already found me, only to say I’m a freak And they — THEY believe I’m weak. [Bridge] My home wasn’t a home, but no one knew. From the outside, a loving, friendly father and a perfect mother who gives everything. Nobody knows what’s hiding within. A lie that gets covered by the light of the day, a truth that hides in the shadows of the night. [Vers 3] The mother gives it all for the family when everybody can see her. My father stands tall in society when everybody can see him. But affection gets swallowed by desire as the lights dim. He slithers in the dark when nobody can see him. She is cold and frozen like a gargoyle, motionless as she supports and guards the monster. A man who does what even monsters wouldn’t do [Refrain] They hide the truth and no one seeks what lies beneath the girl that barely speaks It’s all about hide and seek, They think they’ve already found me, only to say I’m a freak And they — THEY believe I’m weak. [Outro] as a kid — how could I be weak?
