Smile

A prince in practice moans
For the attention that he wants
Mostest time won't even dignify
His ignorance with a response
Left to a crowded foster home
By a fifteen year old mom
Never been held in anyones arms
When you've never been moved
It's really hard to move on
Young saleswoman sets up shop as the sun sets
Make your wildest dreams come true
At a price you won't forget
Sadly setup Mary alibis, no harm no regret
Hoping they meet an angel in bed
That could wrestle the devil right out of their head
This city burns fast
No one has time to sit with themselves
Look into our pain and see
The same despair on everyone else
It's here it's there it's everywhere
Tears soak each card the dealer dealt
Time taught me how to see
Every second as heaven
Even though they're perfectly disguised as hell
I refuse to let past bruises cover the lighting
I'm good, but it's all good enough
So I know one more right
Agony is truth it's our connection to the living
I accept that as perfection and keep on existing

And now
I can only build if I tear the walls down
Even if it breaks me I won't let it make me frown
I've fallen but no matter how hard I hit the ground
I still smile
I can only build if I tear the walls down
Even if it breaks me I won't let it make me frown
I've fallen but no matter how hard I hit the ground
I still smile

From ear to ear as if it's all I'm here for
Despite the war
Founded by the rich, funded by the poor
Kids barely 18 are dying
Billionaires can make more
Elsewhere hungry mothers watch
Their babies starve to death in a beat up shack
On a dirt floor
Age professor quotes freedoms without a path
Now he dresses like a widow and preaches love is dead
In every class
Curiosity killed the cat, taught the dog and them how to act
Burned his (??-??)
So he tries to drown his guilt in a bottle of Jack
Self-proclaimed rebels say we must oppose the system
Gotta take a stand if you're not against em
You're with them
Sign, read, support the troops, bring em home
No more innocent victims
But when a homeless veteran asks for spare change
You're too busy protesting to even listen
I'm no different, live with conflict and contradiction
Can be so beautiful when I don't reject what lies within
It's beautiful, the way agony connects us to the living
I think of the world when I hurt
Keep on existing

In and out
I can only build if I tear the walls down
Even if it breaks me I won't let it make me frown
I've fallen but no matter how hard I hit the ground
I still smile
I can only build if I tear the walls down
Even if it breaks me I won't let it make me frown
I've fallen but no matter how hard I hit the ground
I still smile