[Verse 1]
Yeah, I joke around, keep things easy
Make everybody laugh like being okay comes easy
Whole room loud, I’m joining in too
Nobody notices when my smile ain’t true
I don’t wanna be heavy when everyone’s good
So I say what I should and not what I would
Keep things moving, don’t make it a thing
Then deal with it later when it all sinks in
[Hook]
Blackout halo… hiding in plain sight
Doing my best just to get through the night
Look okay in the glow of the room
Fall apart slow when I’m back in my room
Blackout halo… nobody can tell
How hard it gets trying to act like yourself
I keep it together till nobody’s there
Then sit with the thoughts I don’t know how to share
[Verse 2]
Got good people round me, I know that’s true
If I really said something, they’d probably come through
But turning thoughts into words ain’t easy to do
When you’ve been saying “I’m alright” so long it feels true
It’s not that nobody cares, I know they do
I just don’t know how to hand somebody this truth
How do you say “I’m not okay” when you don’t know why?
When you can’t even explain what’s going on inside
So you keep being yourself… or the version they know
Keep the laugh, keep the smile, keep the problems low
Hoping somebody understands without you saying a thing
Cause asking for help feels harder than anything
[Bridge]
Maybe somebody else hears this and gets it
Knows what it’s like tryna hide what you’re carrying with you
Not looking for pity, not trying to be saved
Just tired of pretending that everything’s okay
Cause sometimes the hardest words don’t come out loud
They sit in your chest where nobody looks now
And you tell yourself “tomorrow… maybe then”
But tomorrow turns into “not again”
[Final Hook / Outro]
Blackout halo… hiding in plain sight
Smiling with everybody, fighting a different fight
People do care… that’s the part that hurts
When you wanna reach out but can’t find the words
Blackout halo… maybe you know it too
Being surrounded by love but still feeling hard to read through
If you’ve been keeping it in ‘cause you don’t know where to start…
Yeah… you’re not the only one carrying that dark.