"I can hold my breath.
I can bite my tongue.
I can stay awake for days,
if that's what you want,
be your number one.
I can fake a smile.
I can force a laugh.
I can dance and play the part,
if that's what you ask,
give you all that I am.
I can do it...
but I'm only human.
And I bleed when I fall down.
I'm only human,
and I crash and I break down.
Your words in my head,
knives in my heart.
You build me up,
then I fall apart,
'cause I'm only human.
I can turn it on,
be a good machine.
I can hold the weight of worlds,
if that's what you need,
be your everything.
I can do it...
I'll get through it,
but I'm only human...
just a little human.
I can take so much,
until I've had enough..."
- C. Perri
I posted this song last month. It resonates with me at this precise moment.
And although I really can't fake a smile, much less a laugh, I know how to be diplomatic and polite.
I am doing my best, and I continue to trust my intuition...
