Behind the Smile

Just another sinking tear In this river full of pain Racing fast to nowhere A world that's gone insane Hope committed suicide Before I had the chance Forced to live without you Teased by fool's romance But it's alright you'll never know I'm living dead but I don't show Empty words and hollow eyes Behind the smile I hide my lies Everyone has the answer None of them are right The blind lead the blind Pretending to have sight Love is such a cruel illusion A distracting fool's delight Left me poor and naked Under a waterfall of night But it's alright you'll never know I'm living dead but I don't show Empty words and hollow eyes Behind the smile I hide my lies Handcuffed by our society Scorned to a water grave Drowning in a sea of lonely And too far gone to save But it's alright you'll never know I'm living dead but I don't show Empty words and hollow eyes Behind the smile I hide my lies ~Lyric Man Note: I wanted to write a break-up song that was so painful.. each line works as a separate, horrific story. And it comes like unrelenting waves rushing over its helpless, loveless victim. And still, this broken soul tries to hide that they've drown in an eternal water grave of rejection, behind a blank, artificial smile. My hope was to create a picture of complete and utter emptiness. Because if you've tasted true love and then lost it forever.. that's how desperately awful it feels!