I want you
I want the actual you
I want the person hiding
Behind all those layers

I want you So please strip away
These masks and make-up
I’ll do the same
Let’s just be ourselves

I want you I want to hold you
And not just an avatar
Of a made-up ideal person
Residing among the illusions in my head

So strip away this nonsense
It’s rather disrespectful
Towards you as a person
And me as a person

Conditioned like an experimental cat with a bell
I always want but I don’t need things that don’t even exist
Hypnotised and brainwashed by those adverts on the screens
Immersed in toxic thoughtfields that suck me in like quicksand

I want you
But only if you want me too
It makes no sense otherwise
It would just hurt the both of us

These layers of pictures
And memories in my head
If none of them reveals the real you
What use can it have


Conditioned like an experimental dog with a bell
I always want but I don’t need things that don’t exist
Hypnotised and brainwashed by those adverts on the screens
Immersed in toxic thoughtfields that suck me in like quicksand


Do you want me
Do you want the actual me
Do you want the person hiding
Behind all those layers


If I pull away these layers
If I stand here as I am
Could anyone at all
Let alone someone like you
Still want me If I’m me?

Do you want me do you want to hold me
And not just an avatar
Of a made-up ideal person
Residing among the illusions in our heads

Let’s strip away this nonsense
It’s rather disrespectful
Towards you as a person
And me as a person