Every Smile

Am I supposed to pretend you didn't say what you did?
Am I supposed to act like nothing ever happened?
How can I keep living as if nothing is wrong?
How can I keep on going on as if what you do doesn't hurt me?

There are feelings left in my mind that you haven't hurt
There are things that I am feeling that choke me alive
And still you act as if none of it could possibly matter
You go on living each day not thinking about the pain I have

Am I supposed to smile like everything is okay?
Am I supposed to keep the pain from touching my eyes?
How can I go on believing that anything is going to change?
How can I go on living the same waking nightmare as before?

There are thoughts that I have locked up in my mind
There are horrors like you could never believe I live through
And yet I move on to the next step up the ladder
While you stand one below me, and continue trying to knock me down

Do you even want to know me any more?
Do you even want to pretend that I matter?
How did we get so far away from who we were?
When all I saw in the beginning was a bright future?

Every single day I die a little more inside
Every single moment I feel the urge to break down
How can I continue to keep the tears from my eyes
When every smile is just an inverted, miserable frown?

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