[Verse 1] I wear my grin like glass It catches every room They call me easy light But I go home too soon My hands keep shaking late When the door shuts behind me I laugh before I break So no one gets to see [Chorus] I'm the cheerful one I'm the cheerful one But I cry in secret I'm the cheerful one I'm the cheerful one Smiling while it hits me [Verse 2] At lunch I tell my jokes And tap my cup in time I say I'm doing fine Like that could save my mind You lean in close to me And call me lucky Lucky I nod and hold it in While something pulls me under [Chorus] I'm the cheerful one I'm the cheerful one But I bleed in secret I'm the cheerful one I'm the cheerful one Smiling while it eats me [Verse 3] I learned to keep it clean A bow, a wink, a wave A bright little performance For the ones I want to save But every alley keeps The face I never show It sits beside my ribs And asks me where to go [Chorus] I'm the cheerful one I'm the cheerful one But I fall in secret I'm the cheerful one I'm the cheerful one Smiling while it leaves me [Breakdown] Take the cake, take the light I don't need the room tonight I have practiced being warm Till my own name feels worn I can clap at the right time I can say the right line I can hold up a whole sky With a cracked and careful spine If you ever saw me alone You'd hear the quiet in my bones The joke hangs there, still and thin Like a coat I can't live in So I keep on laughing Keep on passing Keep on acting like it's nothing While the floor gives way beneath me [Chorus] I'm the cheerful one I'm the cheerful one But I cry in secret I'm the cheerful one I'm the cheerful one Smiling while it hits me I'm the cheerful one I'm the cheerful one But I bleed in secret I'm the cheerful one I'm the cheerful one Smiling while it eats me [Outro] And when the room goes dark I let the smile unwind I fold it at the edges And leave it by the door The bright old mask can wait For morning and the crowd Tonight I am the shadow That learned to say it loud I'm the cheerful one I'm the cheerful one That's what they always see But under all that sparkle There is only me There is only me There is only me
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