In The Eyes Of My Friends

I don't want you to look at me

Though the eyes of a stranger

Because you might come to realize that I am stranger

Than a fish that never fries,

Than an eye that never cries,

Than people who swear up and down that they have never lied

Regardless, insecurities that others may perceive,

Are benign in the eyes of my friends

I don't need you to see me flailing at my nervous habits

Each one taunting me for being unable to stab it

Digging holes inside my head about what I should have said

Wishing I could find an answer or a little to shed

Regardless, insecurities that others may perceive

Are benign in the eyes of my friends

I don't want you to always know exactly how I feel

I need your help to weather what the epicenter deals

When doubt is held at bay, but the surface rubs away

The sun is shining everywhere, but I can't find a ray

Regardless, insecurities that others may perceive

Are benign in the eyes of my friends