Fake Smile
There's a girl in the corner just turned eighteen,
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 be love and accepted,
She post photos on Instagram,
Hoping that now her body attracts what her can't stop 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 all 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.
Because deep down she knows that she is not bold.
She put on her fake smile while she bleeds,
On the outside she'll build so her life will seems filled,
But on the inside she's never complete,
There's a boy on the streets acting all rough,
Bullying other 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 mom always bruised.
He's lost count of the times that he's gone to be 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 desperated for someone to think that he's cool,
But deep down 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 seems filledm
But on the inside he's never been complete.
Though we try not to show it and all try to fix it,
In our hearts we're always broken but no one admits it,
They say that it's what's on the inside that counts,
We all put on 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 for 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 notification like morphine to cover the hurt,
Of our friendless existence when our phone doens't work,
We're all grasping for glory and craving acclaim,
It's the fuel in our tank it's the drug in our veins,
And as soon as it's gone our heart hits the floor,
And we run to self pity untill 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 that we know that we are not bold,
We put on our fake smiles while we bleeds,
On the outside we'll build so our life will seems filled,
But on the inside we're never cvomplete.
So what is the answer? What is the cure?
What's the solution to being so insecure?
Can sex, drugs and money fulfil all your dreams?
Or a 7 step process restore self esteem?
Well if we're all here by chance and there's no higher power,
Then live life to the full or just waste every hour,
If it makes you feel good then do all the more,
And find satisfaction in what you adore,
Just eat, drink, sleep, party have fun then die,
Because what does it matter what you do to feel high?
If you only live once then do what you choose,
And we're all here by chance so you can't really lose,
But the problem with that it's ignorant lies,
It's the best people offer but never satisfies,
It's like trying to fill a bucket right up to the top,
While it's leaking out more than you ever could stop,
Whatever the world can produce as the answer,
Just eats us away like an emotional cancer,
There's nothing inside you to enlighten your soul,
You can't do a thing to make you feel whole.
So what if we've been looking in all the wrong places?
Trying to find gratification to fill our heart's spaces?
What if the real answer isn't something conceived?
It's not dreamt up by people but something received?
See, while eveyone's trying to find a method that's the greater.
True help can only come from our creator,
Wheter you believe doesn't change what is true,
And all I can do is present this to you.
We try to show our good and cover our bad,
Just show the happy but never the sad,
But God isn't fooled it sees under your mask,
It knows all your thoughts and your unending task,
That search for acceptance to keep and preserve it,
But there's nothing good in us to ever deserve it,
But though I am sinful and stood as God's foe,
Because It is good It stood up and said,
No, I won't leave you alone through you deserve hell,
I'll love you and free you from your prison cell,
I'll come as a man and I'll die in your place,
Taking your sin and giving you grace,
But I won't stay dead I'll raise from the grave,
I'll show up I'm alive and I'm willing to save,
Now your time on earth may be still filled with strife,
But repent and believe and I'll give you life,
So though I am wretched and hopeless alone,
God chose to love me and make its own,
Now I'm alive when once I was dead,
So I'm simply a beggar showing where to find food,
See the trouble we face has been true from the start,
The heart of our problem is the problem of our heart,
We're all full of flaws, full of sin, full of vice,
Our hearts need transforming and cleasing by God,
It's not superficial touch ups but supernatural change,
It gives new breath to my lungs, new life to my veins,
Now whatever I go through I don't need a fake smile,
Becuase I'm forgiven, adopted and loved as God's child,
Now it's not just my answer that suits me the best,
Now just a nice lifestyle valid as the rest.
No,
It's the way,
And the truth,
And the life.
The reason I smile isn't fake,
Is God.
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 be love and accepted,
She post photos on Instagram,
Hoping that now her body attracts what her can't stop 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 all 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.
Because deep down she knows that she is not bold.
She put on her fake smile while she bleeds,
On the outside she'll build so her life will seems filled,
But on the inside she's never complete,
There's a boy on the streets acting all rough,
Bullying other 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 mom always bruised.
He's lost count of the times that he's gone to be 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 desperated for someone to think that he's cool,
But deep down 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 seems filledm
But on the inside he's never been complete.
Though we try not to show it and all try to fix it,
In our hearts we're always broken but no one admits it,
They say that it's what's on the inside that counts,
We all put on 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 for 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 notification like morphine to cover the hurt,
Of our friendless existence when our phone doens't work,
We're all grasping for glory and craving acclaim,
It's the fuel in our tank it's the drug in our veins,
And as soon as it's gone our heart hits the floor,
And we run to self pity untill 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 that we know that we are not bold,
We put on our fake smiles while we bleeds,
On the outside we'll build so our life will seems filled,
But on the inside we're never cvomplete.
So what is the answer? What is the cure?
What's the solution to being so insecure?
Can sex, drugs and money fulfil all your dreams?
Or a 7 step process restore self esteem?
Well if we're all here by chance and there's no higher power,
Then live life to the full or just waste every hour,
If it makes you feel good then do all the more,
And find satisfaction in what you adore,
Just eat, drink, sleep, party have fun then die,
Because what does it matter what you do to feel high?
If you only live once then do what you choose,
And we're all here by chance so you can't really lose,
But the problem with that it's ignorant lies,
It's the best people offer but never satisfies,
It's like trying to fill a bucket right up to the top,
While it's leaking out more than you ever could stop,
Whatever the world can produce as the answer,
Just eats us away like an emotional cancer,
There's nothing inside you to enlighten your soul,
You can't do a thing to make you feel whole.
So what if we've been looking in all the wrong places?
Trying to find gratification to fill our heart's spaces?
What if the real answer isn't something conceived?
It's not dreamt up by people but something received?
See, while eveyone's trying to find a method that's the greater.
True help can only come from our creator,
Wheter you believe doesn't change what is true,
And all I can do is present this to you.
We try to show our good and cover our bad,
Just show the happy but never the sad,
But God isn't fooled it sees under your mask,
It knows all your thoughts and your unending task,
That search for acceptance to keep and preserve it,
But there's nothing good in us to ever deserve it,
But though I am sinful and stood as God's foe,
Because It is good It stood up and said,
No, I won't leave you alone through you deserve hell,
I'll love you and free you from your prison cell,
I'll come as a man and I'll die in your place,
Taking your sin and giving you grace,
But I won't stay dead I'll raise from the grave,
I'll show up I'm alive and I'm willing to save,
Now your time on earth may be still filled with strife,
But repent and believe and I'll give you life,
So though I am wretched and hopeless alone,
God chose to love me and make its own,
Now I'm alive when once I was dead,
So I'm simply a beggar showing where to find food,
See the trouble we face has been true from the start,
The heart of our problem is the problem of our heart,
We're all full of flaws, full of sin, full of vice,
Our hearts need transforming and cleasing by God,
It's not superficial touch ups but supernatural change,
It gives new breath to my lungs, new life to my veins,
Now whatever I go through I don't need a fake smile,
Becuase I'm forgiven, adopted and loved as God's child,
Now it's not just my answer that suits me the best,
Now just a nice lifestyle valid as the rest.
No,
It's the way,
And the truth,
And the life.
The reason I smile isn't fake,
Is God.