Someone You Know by Emily Gates

I push aside my restless fire, but I still long for it to shine, just once, to feel alive. You say I’m only chasing dreams, but you can’t see the way I’m trying I’m screaming silently: I’m here. I don’t need your praise, I write it on my skin, I hold it in my veins. I am someone… screaming for you to see why can’t you see me? I am someone… I am someone you know. Don’t look past me… see me… see me… You told me to give dreaming up, you made me doubt I’d be enough, but I’m still trying to change. I speak so quietly, afraid to lose myself, trying to find my way back to who I was again. I am someone… screaming for you to see why can’t you see me? I am someone… I am someone you know. Don’t look past me… see me… see me… I stand so small in this rainbow-dark dream. The colours blur, I can’t see through. I paste on a smile to feel something at least it’s something, at least it’s true. I’m someone you know… but maybe, just maybe, I’m not.