• A shield of distrust
    A shield of dismay
    A shield of my hatred
    Holds out through the day
    At night when I’m home
    I cry on my bed
    Cause I can’t take it down
    I didn’t think when I put it up
    Of when the time comes
    How I would take it back down
    I guess I just wait till the one comes
    Who can see through my shield
    And won’t shy away
    Who will stick by my side
    Through the good times
    And through the bad
    Someone who can love me
    And who will hold me when I’m sad
    No one ever understands
    That I have had it up for so long
    It’ll be awhile till it comes down
    I have had it for so long
    It has become a part of me
    All I need is someone’s help
    To show me that I don’t need it no more
    Then I know I can safely take it down
    But now I am afraid
    Someone will hurt me beyond repair
    But there is no one there
    To hear me