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 want to tell
If you're being smart
No broken trust, no drama you just keep to yourself

Be your own best friend and confidant
No one will protect you when things 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
Cuz 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 10 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