"I came to you with my heart in my hand
and thoughts that I could be a better man.

Trying to change all of my wicked ways,
but losing myself in a fevered craze.

Changing myself and disguising the rest;
Playing up parts that I think you'll like best"

Is this based on real life experience? Coz if it is, then we've both had the same experience.

Sometimes, when we love people, we're scared they'll leave us if they see us for who we are. So we curate ourselves like posts on steemit, upvite the parts we are proud of and down vote every other.

Only problem is, we stifle ourselves, our lives, our essence in that way. Like you noted:

" It's rather silly, these masks we flaunted
are all that kept us from what we wanted."

The more we try to hide ourselves in order to connect with the ones we care about, the more shallow whatever connection we have will become

Deep poetry