• What you see on the outside
    is nothing like the inside
    I’m a garden full of roses
    Beautiful with thorns
    Petals falling softly
    Giving the impression of perfection
    Don’t be fooled by appearance
    I’m like nothing that you’ve ever known

    And what you see on the outside
    Is nothing like the inside
    Don’t start a book if you don’t mean to finish it
    And please don’t
    Judge my book
    By just looking at the cover
    If that’s all you want from me
    To prod and pick at me
    Well then here’s
    What I can tell

    What you see on the outside
    Is nothing like the inside
    I’ve got
    Broken bits of glass
    Lying on the floor
    So be careful when around me
    You don’t want to see the worst
    Lovely is buried deep inside
    It hasn’t gotten a chance to come out

    So what you see on the outside
    Is nothing like the inside
    I’m a garden full of roses
    Beautiful with thorns
    Petals falling softly
    Giving the impression of perfection
    Don’t be fooled by appearance
    I’m like nothing that you’ve ever known

    What you see
    On the outside
    Is nothing
    Like the inside
    If you don’t understand
    I cant make you
    And if I scared you once
    Well I don’t know
    How to mend that
    But just give me a chance
    And open up your door
    I’m not the same person
    Anymore

    What you see on the outside
    Is nothing like the inside
    I’m a garden full of roses
    Beautiful with thorns
    Petals falling softly
    Giving the impression of perfection
    Don’t be fooled by appearance
    I’m like nothing that you ever known

    Before I am done
    Finish with this soulful piece
    I want to leave you
    Wondering
    Wondering what it was like before
    It was like hiding in the shadow
    Trying to run from the truth
    Trying to change myself
    Into something I wasn’t ready for
    It was like stabbing a knife
    In my gut and telling myself it was okay

    Sure I’m not perfect now
    But what you see on the outside
    Is nothing like the inside
    I’m a garden full of roses
    Beautiful with thorns
    Petals falling softly
    Giving the impression of perfection
    Don’t be fooled by appearance
    I’m like nothing that you’ve ever known
    Before