Can I Take My Mask Off Now?

For so long I’ve seen others masks
And frowned upon them for their fronts
But now as I look in the mirror I can see
That I’ve had one all along.

Can I take my mask off now?
Will they laugh and scorn when they see?
Or will they see the REAL me
And the beauty that my Father sees?

This mask of happiness and joy and glee
Of Perfection, Bliss, and harmony
It’s been here for so long
I’ve almost come to see it as real
But this mask is now slowly peeling away
And showing through is all the hurt
The pain, the sorrow, the stress
The weariness, the fear, the confusion.

No longer do they see my flawless mask
No longer do they think everything’s all right
No longer do they think I’ve got it all together
For my mask is slowly peeling away
And showing through is the REAL me.

Hoping they’ll accept my faults and my flaws
I rip off the mask that has grown so hard and so unreal
Slowly I peel back all the fronts I’ve put up over all these years
Am I afraid of their reactions?
Yeah, but I know one thing and that is
That those ones that do accept all my defects
Are those ones that will catch me when I fall.

I’m no longer ashamed to admit
That I don’t have it all together
That I’m broken and weary
With no strength to carry on.
So here I surrender, mask and all
To my Savior, my King, my Lord of ALL