Smiling Through Static

You ever notice how loud everything is?

Everyone yelling. Everyone panicking.

Everyone pretending this is normal.

Relax.

If you’re hearing this, you’re not broken.

You’re just paying attention.

I saw the static early.

Stopped trying to tune it out.

Once you see it for what it is,

you stop fighting it…

You start smiling.

So yeah—welcome to the show.

Grab a seat.

Honestly?

It’s kind of impressive.

I never fit the mold they handed me

Too loud, too odd, too much energy

Laughing when I shouldn’t, thinking sideways

Seeing punchlines in a burning hallway

I asked the wrong questions, cracked the wrong jokes

Danced in the gaps where the rules all broke

They called it strange, I called it clear

I felt out of place long before the fear

I wasn’t lost, I just didn’t blend

Didn’t want their mask or script to pretend

If normal meant looking away

I’d rather stand out than look okay

So I smile through static, laugh at the noise

Wave from the edge with the rest of the boys

If this is sane, then I missed the class

I see the cracks—and I’m fine with that

Yeah, I smile through static, front row seat

Watching the madness on repeat

Not here to panic, not here to fight

Just wide awake in the stage light

Got woken up before I hit my prime

Saw adult messes in a kid’s timeline

Big words spoken with the smallest truth

Same mouths preaching while they sharpened boots

Rules changed fast, morals changed slow

Watched smiles crack behind the afterglow

Every promise came with crossed fingers

Every laugh left a longer linger

That’s when the noise stopped sounding random

Patterns forming in the phantom

If this was order, dressed as clean

Then chaos wasn’t what it seemed

So I smile through static, teeth clenched tight

World on fire, still claiming it’s right

They call it normal, I call it loud

Same old script, different crowd

Yeah, I smile through static, signal bent

Truth cuts through the interference

If this is sane, explain the mess

I’m not impressed—I’m just aware of it

You see it too, right?

Just checking.

Somewhere in the noise I caught my breath

Stopped calling it a curse, called it depth

Every odd thought, every crooked grin

Wasn’t me breaking—it was me tuning in

I quit apologizing for my tone

Quit shrinking just to make it home

If I don’t fit inside their frame

Then I’ll light the stage and wear my name

I don’t need fixing, I need a mic

Need a crowd that knows this mess is real life

If the world’s unhinged, cool—say less

I learned how to dance in the wreckage

Call it madness, call it strange

I call it seeing through the haze

I won’t mute myself to make you calm

I’ll turn the noise into a song

So I smile through static, clear as day

Signal strong even when it frays

If this whole place runs off lies and fear

Then I’ll laugh loud enough to cut through here

Yeah, I smile through static, heart intact

World goes mad—I don’t take it back

I see the chaos, I see the cracks

Still here helping you breathe through that

Relax...

If you can hear this…

you’re already tuned in.

I’m not here to end the madness.

I’m just here to enjoy the show…

and make sure you’re not watching alone.

Still smiling...

Still here...