You talk like nothing’s broken Like cracks are just design Every word is carefully chosen To sound honest, not to shine You wear calm like it’s protection I wear it like a crime We mastered friendly silence We perfected looking fine Every doubt feels inconvenient Every truth feels out of time We agree without deciding We draw lines we won’t define I smile while it burns inside I nod like I don’t mind You call this peace, I call it noise A joke we both designed If comfort is the alibi Then I’m guilty every time We toast to things we won’t admit To distance dressed as grace Every laugh arrives a second late Every touch avoids the place Where honesty might interrupt The rhythm that we fake I learned to call it balance You learned to call it control Funny how we guard the damage Like it’s something we should own It’s easier to name the cage Than admit we like the role Maybe irony’s the shelter Where the truth goes into hiding If pretending feels this natural Who decides we’re even lying I smile while it burns inside So no one sees the line Between the lie we live so well And what we leave behind If comfort is the alibi Then don’t ask me to be fine
