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Double-sided
Secrets are just for one
If it is for two to share
then the first shareholder is me
and the second one is you
But, you don't belong with us
'cause your home
is on the other side of the mirror
I look at you
as if I look at myself
outside we look alike
but within you're someone else
we swap places at the right time
and sometimes I live a lie
in my double life
I live two lives
I live both lives
I live my life
the way I want people to react
If I want to be drop-dead gorgeous,
I bring you, my makeup self
and if I want to be 'ugly'
I become me, my usual self
If I want to be outgoing,
I bring you, my sociable self
and if I want to be shy,
I become me, bashful and introverted
I will bring the positive you in
if I want to be optimistic
and if I want to be a pessimist
I become me, my negative self
If I want to be you,
I would bring you in
and If I want to be me, the real me
I will simply be me
but that happens only in front of you
as it is not that easy
The secret is,
if they saw or knew you
they do not see or know me
and if they see or know me
they do not see or know you
and that is how we live
our double life
Right now I am in front of the mirror
looking into your eyes
as I see butterflies
wondering if we would have to live
double-sided for eternity
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Here's another piece of the very same theme I always talk about and live: dual life. But, I think I have grown more since I last wrote about this. Well, the readers have to decide.