The Need to Be

To fulfill the need to be who I am in this world is all I ask.
I can't pretend to be something that I'm not and I won't wear a mask.
You've touched my face with love in your eyes but will you touch my heart
With the understanding that it takes to realize I just can't play a part?
There's the need to be true to myself and make my own mistakes
And not to lean too hard on someone else no matter what it takes.

So if you're sure it's love, just be sure it's love for this thing called me
Cause I am what I am and I have the need to be.

I'm not fool enough to ever think that I could be the master of my fate.
But it's up to me to choose my roads in life; rocky may well be the ones I take.

There's the need to be something more than just the reflection of a man.
I can't survive in someone's shadow, I need my own spot to stand.

So if you're sure it's love, just be sure it's love for this thing called me.
Cause I am what I am and I have the need to be.

So if you're sure it's love, just be sure it's love, for this thing called me.
Cause I am what I am and I have the need to be.