[INTRO — GLITCHY / SYNTH HIT]
(camera shutter sounds, fake crowd cheering, then cut)
smile…
smile for them…
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🎸 [VERSE 1 — COOL, CONTROLLED]
Paint it on, don’t let it slip
Crack a grin, bite your lip
They don’t wanna see the mess
They just want your “best”
Say the lines, play the part
Hide the chaos in your heart
If they ask, you’re doing fine
Just don’t let them read your mind
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🌫️ [PRE-CHORUS — BUILD]
Every laugh feels counterfeit
Every word’s a lie I live
If they saw what’s underneath
Would they still believe in me?
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💥 [CHORUS — HUGE / ANTHEMIC]
It’s a chemical smile
Yeah I fake it for a while
Just to get me through the night
Yeah I’m dying inside
But I keep it out of sight
Keep it buried deep inside
If I break, if I bleed
They don’t wanna see that side of me
So I wear it like a mask
Like I’m someone I’m not
It’s a chemical smile…
And it’s all that I’ve got
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🩸 [VERSE 2 — MORE BITE]
Post a picture, play pretend
Perfect life with perfect friends
Filter out the truth again
Let the illusion never end
They don’t hear the silence loud
When I’m alone without the crowd
All the noise just fades away
And I’m left with what I hate
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⚡ [PRE-CHORUS — HARDER]
Every second, every glance
Feels like just another chance
To convince them I’m okay
While I’m slowly drifting away
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💥 [CHORUS — FULL FORCE]
It’s a chemical smile
Yeah I fake it for a while
Just to get me through the night
Yeah I’m dying inside
But I keep it out of sight
Keep it buried deep inside
If I break, if I bleed
They don’t wanna see that side of me
So I wear it like a mask
Like I’m someone I’m not
It’s a chemical smile…
And it’s all that I’ve got
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🔥 [BREAKDOWN — PUNCHY / CROWD CHANT]
(tight, bouncy rhythm — chant energy)
FAKE IT—
SMILE—
HIDE IT—
DENIAL—
BITE DOWN—
DON’T LET IT SHOW—
THEY DON’T WANNA FUCKING KNOW
CUT ME OPEN—
WATCH ME BLEED—
IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT FROM ME?
(chant)
SMILE—SMILE—SMILE—
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🌫️ [BRIDGE — STRIPPED / SINISTER]
(instrumentation drops, dark synth pulse)
If I take this off…
Would I even recognize my face?
Or is this who I’ve become…
Just another perfect fake…
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💔 [FINAL CHORUS — BIGGEST / LAYERED]
It’s a chemical smile
Yeah I fake it for a while
Just to make it through the pain
Yeah I’m dying inside
But I bury it alive
So nobody sees the shame
If I break, if I bleed
Would you still want anything from me?
So I wear it like a mask
Till there’s nothing left inside
It’s a chemical smile…
And I’m dead behind my eyes
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🔊 [OUTRO — DISTORTED LAUGHTER]
(crowd cheering returns… slowly distorts into static)
they believe you…
they always do…
DeadButDreaming
