Chameleon boy de Blue October

I change my color for you.
i shed my coat with caution.
i lack the beauty you display.
see here they are the bruises.
some were self inflicted.
some showed up along the way.
so i nod my head, i'm ready for the world to see.
the secret i kept here inside, the man you thought i'd be.
I slip into coma calm.
the coma where i calm myself down.
here come excuses.
why i let you down.

stand by for another break down.
sound off the alarm.
is this the chameleon boy i swore i wouldn't become?
chameleon
So now we've come upon the hardest thing i've ever done.
it's telling you that i'm a mess.
what sort of mess i mean is self destructive
the kind that strips you of your best.
while i play
the way that most would end up dead.
you sleep alone at home and wish that i were in our bed.
with this i'm telling you my color changes back to
how do i ask you this?
will you help me through?
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I try to think of all the people i looked up to.
while growing up who would i be?
now the twisted did all my idols end up?
they've all past
Past

(stand
it's the chameleon boy) x2