Matt O - The Man Behind the Mask Lyrics

Under overcast skies
We both hid our lies
Walking among the dead
Living inside our heads

You went to university
I worked into my nights
Admiring your audacity
To walk true-form in daylight

You wore your mask much better than me
You were yourself, no one could see
Same, same but different
You walked the path much better than me
You wore the mask, yet you were free
Same, same but different

No one cared
No one ever stared
No one seemed to mind
To me they were never blind

You were just a small-town boy
Me, the subject of everyone's talk
If perception is the truth
Then why do we not think what they thought

You wore your mask much better than me
You were yourself, no one could see
Same, same but different
You walked the path much better than me
You wore the mask, yet you were free
Same, same but different

A year went by
And you came back home
I saw you avoid me from across the park
You had changed
You weren't the same
I'd seen the man behind the mask... at last

I would never treat me like you treated me that day
I would never treat me like you treated me that day
Same, same but different
I would never treat me like you treated me that day - like you treated me
Same, same but different - like you treated me