I should have known in the beginning
 It had to reach a bitter end
 To play the knight in shining armour
 When I was just a simple man

 But I became the one you wanted
 And for a while it all made perfect sense
 So I believed telling you lies was
 Just an act of self defense

 So it goes
 Don't we all know the story
 Of princes and frogs
 And dreams colliding with real life

 Well, it shouldn't have come as a surprise
 You could have been well prepared for this
 You could have seen it in my eyes
 If you had looked there once

 I never liked telling you lies
 I've always hoped at last you'd see
 The man behind the disguise
 The real me