Bruised eyes, bruised knees or bruised hearts we're all hurting
Notches on your bed post or carved into your flesh, you're still alive
Broken glass, broken skin, shattered soul...
We're searching for happiness...but are you really happy with a masochistic addiction over love, happy with money over self respect, happy with pain that never goes away o'er mistakes?
We're all doing our best to feel,
And then doing our worst to feel numb again

Drowning in shot glasses and camera lenses
Suffocating in smoke and blurry pictures
Longing to live, breathing in ashes and wishing to be gone...
Out of place, stressed, empty face
Another mask worn, another wrist torn
Smile and fake for the world
Smile and fake it for the world

We're all the same. Lights on set are more important to you than the light inside you. Places and times blur together. Faces and words are one and the same. Laughter and pain mix together until neither can be felt.

He hides his scars with a scarf
She hides hers with a laugh
He hides his behind baggy clothes and thinning hair
She hides hers inside a flask
They are all walking molds, plaster and plastic

Drowning in shot glasses and camera lenses
Suffocating in smoke and blurry pictures
Longing to live, breathing in ashes and wishing to be gone...
Out of place, stressed, empty face
Another mask worn, another wrist torn
Smile and fake for the world
Smile and fake it for the world

Tears, blood, love, lust-all spend on forcing yourself to act okay. Time, energy, respect-all spent on tearing yourself apart again. Happiness, forgiveness, and hope not in stock is a smile for you. The sadness, the empty, the freedom to be caged...it's the only thing you live for.

Eyes are only teary when there's no blood or a shadow. Knees only trembling when not pressed to serve. Heart only beating when all light has dimmed. Soul only whole when mind has been stilled.

Drowning in shot glasses and camera lenses
Suffocating in smoke and blurry pictures
Longing to live, breathing in ashes and wishing to be gone...
out of place, stressed, empty face
Another mask worn, another wrist torn
Smile and fake for the world
Smile and fake it for the world

One more pill, body still
another shot, left to rot
Subway lights and lover's fights
rainy street and aching feet
running from yourself
Help yourself
Save yourself

Drained, lost, dark, damaged, broken...
smile and fake it for the world
Smile and fake it for the world
Fake it for the world...