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Inge's experiences at her school leave a mark.

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There are lessons you never taught me, and you didn’t seem concerned
Did you think they wouldn’t hurt me? or hoped I’d never have to learn?
‘cause I’m craving your protection now that you’ve said your farewell,
The cruelty surrounds me and it feels like...

People take shots at me and I try to roll my eyes
A smile and some laughter is a pretty good disguise
But there’s a crack in the foundation, there’s a weakness in my heart
If I even stop to think, I know I’m gonna fall apart

So I will build a wall around me
It’ll be a hundred miles tall
And even if you say you’ll love me
I’ll leave you waiting in suspense outside the entrance hall
You’ll never know what lies behind the wall

I’m wilting from their insults and I’m ducking from their glares
But I’m not gonna show them, I’ll pretend that I don’t care
I’m gonna let it dribble off me, just like water off my back
But water has a way of finding every single crack

So I will build a wall around me
It’ll be a thousand miles tall
And even if you say you’ll love me
I’ll leave you waiting in suspense outside the entrance hall
You’ll never know what lies behind the wall

Now my heart is at a distance and my soul is out of touch
They have no power over me, well really, not so much
And I never crack a smile, ‘cause what would I smile for?
But at least I’ve won the battle;
Wait what happened to the war?

But still I build this wall around me
It’s now a million miles tall
And even if I know you love me
I’ll leave you waiting ‘cause I don’t think I could face it all
You’ll never know what lies behind the wall
You’ll never know what lies behind the wall
Even I forget what lies behind the wall

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from We Didn't Have Time to Be Scared, released July 30, 2011
Recorded live by the cast of We Didn't Have Time to be Scared
Music and lyrics by Andrew Geha

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Geha New York, New York

Andrew Geha is an award-winning playwright and theater teacher who has worked at Friends Academy, a Quaker school in Locust Valley, NY, since 2001.

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