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Bona Fide
She's losing herself.
 Trying to believe.
 She wants help
 But she's to weak.
 She doesn't trust her own self.
 
 But she knows she must change
 Her ways.
 She's coming undone
 While stuck in this maze,
 She keeps running from the gun.
 
 She doesn't want to be afraid,
 She wants to awake
 Knowing that she's okay.
 She's tired of the sobs that shake
 Her every night and every day.
 
 Her reflection in denial,
 It shows the girl only what's on the outside
 Nothing about her inside trials.
 Tomorrow, yesterday and today she lied,
 By putting on a smile.
 
 I don't want to be afraid.
 I want to awake, knowing that
 I
    Am
 
    Okay.
 
 I'm tired of crying
 But I'm not out of tears.
 My heart is sighing
 And bursting from
 All
     These
 
 
 Fears.
 
 I don't want to be afraid.
 I want to sleep restful nights.
 I'm stuck here in the shade.
 In me, there's
 No 
    More
 
    Fight.
 
 Goodnight.

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