Spotlight glaring down
Silence from the crowd
The circus is just beginning
I tremble looking around
I would hate to fall and hit the ground
In front of all these people
That wouldn't be pleasant

So the music plays and the trapeze sways
And my heart is beating faster but all I hear is laughter
From the crowd
Cause they see right through my game

CHORUS
Would you please tell me
What I gotta be
For you to want me, for you to want me, yeah
Cause I am just trying to understand
(Cause I am just playing a losing hand)
Why you don't love me
Why you don't love me for me

There is someone who loves you for you

I keep lying to myself
Trying to be somebody else
In front of all these people
I feel really foolish
I'm the main attraction at the masquerade
If I keep going like this, I'm gonna go insane
Is this circus act all I'll ever be?

CHORUS

God loves you and me
Let me tell you it's the kind of love that's given free
And it doesn't fake, and it doesn't flake
And it doesn't play those games

God loves me and you
Let me tell you it's the kind of love, it's real, it's true
And it doesn't lie
And it doesn't cheat
After it sweeps you off your feet

CHORUS (2x)

Tell me what I gotta do, tell me what I gotta be
All I really want is for you to love me for me
Me for me

Tell me what I gotta do, tell me what I gotta be
All I really want is for you to love me for me
Me for me

God is someone who loves you for you



Behind the Song:
"This is a creative twist on relationships. Sometimes, in our search and need for acceptance from others, we can become something so foreign to who and what we really are, while trying to please them. In writing this song, we used the metaphor of a circus act to portray a girl caught in her own identity crisis. She feels like she's up on the trapeze on display, and everyone is not only watching, but they can see that she's not being true to herself. She's frustrated and tired of pretending. The voice of wisdom enters after each chorus and in the bridge saying, "There is someone who loves you for you." God loves us for who we are, and He doesn't play the games we play in human relationships nor does He string us along with lies or enforce unattainable expectations on us. No matter how insecure, imperfect, unfit or seemingly undesirable we are the fact that God still desires the most personal and intimate relationship with us is the greatest form of love and the truest example of acceptance." - Kristin (ZOEgirl)