Fake smile

There's a girl in the corner, just turned 18
Ever since she was little it was always her dream
To marry a man who would treat her just right
With loving best friends for the rest of her life

But as she grew up, her friends all grew cold
So she twisted her life just to fit in their mould
Now her biggest fear is that she'll be rejected
She'll try anything to feel loved and accepted

She posts photos on Instagram, hoping that now
Her body attracts what her heart can't somehow
Slowly turning herself into something she's not
Desperate for anyone to think that she's hot

But the love that she craves has never come through
And the dreams she once held just haven't come true
If you ask how she is, she'll say that she's fine
She disguises it well but she's dying inside

She tried parties and drinking, just a little to start
Anything to fill that big hole in her heart
Now she's sleeping around, hoping love will be found
But her heart lies empty from the sorrows she's drowned

'Cause deep down she knows that she is not bold
She puts on her fake smile while she bleeds
On the outside she'll build so her life will seem filled
But on the inside she's never complete





There's a boy on the streets, acting all rough
Bullying others just to make him feel tough
He puts on a show so his ego will grow
Puts everyone down to try and raise himself up

People assume that he's always been cold
It seems like there's nothing that could tame his soul
On the outside he's callous, with a heart made of steel
But inside he's been broken by the pain that he feels

He's the abuser at school, but at home he's abused
With a dad always drunk and a mum always bruised
He's lost count of the times that he's gone to bed crying
He's never found peace and he's got tired of trying

Now he's lost all his hope and his trust has worn thin
So he hurts others first before they can hurt him
He takes out his pain on the kids at his school
While desperate for someone to think that he's cool

He buries it deep so the world never sees
All the heartache and heartbreak brings his heart straight to its knees
He fights with his friends while he wrestles with doubt
Feels he's been dealt bad hand, so he's dealing it out

But down deep he knows that he is not bold
He puts on his fake smile while he bleeds
On the outside he'll build so his life will seem filled
But on the inside he's never complete





Though we try not to show it, and all try to fix it
In our hearts we're all broken but no one admits it
They say that it's what's on the inside that counts
We all put on a brave face but on the inside we doubt

We're all scared of the world, we don't know what we're facing
We're longing for something but don't know what we're chasing
Though we face the same things that burden and break us
We all look to each other for some feeling of status

We want people to view us, to follow and like
To favourite our looks and subscribe to our life
We treat retweets like morphine to cover the hurt
Of our friendless existence when our phone doesn't work

We're all grasping at glory and craving acclaim
It's the fuel in our tank, it's the drug in our veins
And soon as it's gone, our heart hits the floor
And we run to self-pity 'til our egos find more

Everyone out there keeps searching around
Just to find the right pill to pick them up when they're down
And we try our best, but we fail our own test
We pretend that we're swimming while we drown

Because deep down we all know that we are not bold
We put on our fake smiles while we bleed
On the outside we build so our lives will seem filled
But on the inside we're never complete