Behind the quite smile

Verse 1

I stitched a smile from worn-out threads,

So no one sees the storm instead.

I speak in light, I sleep in gray,

Watching hope drift far away.

Footsteps echo through my mind,

Leaving better days behind.

I wear the sun across my face,

While shadows fill the empty space.

Pre-Chorus

No one hears the silent breaking,

No one feels the weight I'm taking.

Chorus

I'm hiding my pain behind a quiet smile,

Walking through the fire one more mile.

Every laugh is armor, every joke a shield,

Covering the wounds that never healed.

Fear lives deep where no one ever goes,

Blooming like a winter rose.

If my heart could speak out loud tonight,

It'd say I'm still searching for the light.

Verse 2

I collect the words I never say,

Lock them where the dark ones stay.

The strongest face can still be weak,

Even when it doesn't speak.

Every sunrise paints me gold,

But inside I still feel cold.

I'm learning that the hardest fight

Is facing who I am at night.

Bridge

Maybe healing doesn't come all at once,

Maybe hope begins with just one pulse.

If tomorrow finds me standing here,

I'll keep walking through the fear.

Final Chorus

I'm hiding my pain behind a quiet smile,

But I won't be lost forever in denial.

Every step I take rewrites my name,

I'm more than all this hidden pain.

Fear may follow where I roam,

But it doesn't get to call me home.

One day this smile won't have to hide—

The truth will finally stand beside my side.