Don't Take Away My Dreams

a song from years ago

I left this world at the age of five;
Traded my soul for a place to hide,
Built my own reality,
Gave my future to the strength of my futility.
How could a child so young carry a pain so strong?
I built my life on faith and fantasy --
Never knew how much my remedy was hurting me.

Please
Don't take away my dreams.

I took the pain and held it in;
Never learned to fight, never learned to win.
It's hard to face the lies destroying you
When they're the truth that you were born into.
I learned too young to build walls too strong.
Now I walk my world of fantasy,
Too afraid to chance reality and misery.

Please
Don't take away my dreams.

I'd like to feel something that's real,
But can you prove to me the love I dream?
Could you break my walls and save me from their fall?

Please
Don't take away my dreams.