(Spoken Intro) Everyone says... "You look happier." Yeah... I got better at hiding it. --- Verse 1 See this smile? I practised it. Wore it so long It almost fits. Laugh at the joke, Shake every hand. Nobody asks If I'm barely standing. --- Pre-Chorus You see the smile... You missed the war. --- Chorus There's pain behind the smile... More than you'll ever know. Some tears dry on the outside... Some never let you go. I learned to wear a grin Like armour for a while. You see a happy man... I see pain behind the smile. --- Verse 2 Yesterday I broke... Today I laughed. Funny what survival Makes you craft. One photo caught the tears, The next one caught the grin. Neither tells the whole damn story... Both are equally me. --- Bridge Don't believe every smile... Don't fear every tear. Sometimes... The strongest thing you'll ever witness... Is someone smiling... While carrying the weight You'll never see. --- Final Chorus There's pain behind the smile... But hope lives there as well. I'm learning both can live together... And somehow... That works just as well. Because healing Was never pretending The pain had gone. Healing... Was smiling... Without denying It was ever there. --- Outro (spoken) I'm smiling... Not because I'm okay. Because... I'm still here.
