Toe the Line

from The First, the Fool by Bellfrog

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lyrics

You strain to contain your introversion
You strain to contain the emotion in your face
Put on a mask, make a diversion
You strain to contain the emotion in your face

Nobody sees you as yourself
Nobody sees you as yourself

You came to be trained exactly as they asked for
You're trained to appear precisely as you seem
Take off your mask, risk a disaster
You're trained to appear precisely as you seem

Nobody sees you as yourself
Nobody sees you as yourself

Toe the line
Toe the line

Is this the price you pay to be everything to every man
Is this price you pay for anonymity

Toe the line
Toe the line

To escape for a minute, reveal your secrets
Unburden yourself of everything you've been
What would be left but an empty vessel
A scar of a secret that you carried for a queen

Nobody sees you as yourself
Nobody sees you as yourself

Toe the line
Toe the line
Toe the line
Toe the line

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from The First, the Fool, released August 21, 2015
Lyrics and Music by Alex Taylor (Bellfrog)
Alex Taylor, piano and vocals
Jeremy Mayall, mixing/editing

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Alex Taylor Auckland, New Zealand

Alex Taylor is a composer, songwriter and poet originally from New Zealand and currently based in San Diego, California.

Artist photo by Priscilla Northe, Striped Trees Productions.

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