The Best Actress

There's a girl that I knew a long time ago
Who has feelings inside that she doesn't dare show.
A girl who knows no one, not even herself,
Who can trust not her own mind, let alone anyone else.
She knows heartache and pain better than most.
She pretends all the time, yet nobody knows.
This girl is not happy, she just acts like she is.
This girls isn't herself, if she knows what that is.
There is a girl who could have a good life
If they gave her a chance, they would banish her strife.
But for now she lives, lonely, from day to day
As she watches her friends walk slowly away.
This girl is an actress, the very best kind.
She is not in a play; just this thing called her life.
This girl must realize that she isn't alone.
There is more to this drama than she ever will know.
I would like to help her, but she won't let me try.
I know she needs me, but I don't really know why.
I know this girl very well, you see,
This girl that I use to know is me.