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Hidden behind an empty smile,

To appease what you secretly despise

Years of inner hostility

A passive way to ensure negativity

Sacrifice for short term comfort

But pay the long term price

Well if that’s your answer,

Then i’ll go with my first choice

Start out as a pleaser

You’ve become the great deceiver

What will happen when the pressure builds?

Who’ll be there to witness your true voice?

Self-inflicted isolation

A severed tongue can pleasure no one

Sacrifice for short term comfort

But pay the long term price

Well if that’s your answer,

Then i’ll go with my first choice

Start out as a pleaser

You’ve become the great deceiver