Smile

Smile,
Because they're watching.
Smile,
Even if it causes you to break.
Smile,
Because they're looking this way.

They expect you to be happy.
Aren't you happy?
You must be happy, you have so much.
Even though there is so much more,
Few can look beyond the sun
And into the horizon.

Smile,
Because they're watching.
Smile,
Even if it causes you to break.
Smile,
Because they're looking this way.

All I want I can't want.
All I need I can't need.
All I have I can't have.
All I am I can't be.
They decided all this for me.
They took me and whittled me down,
Into something they can expect,
Into something they can understand,
Into something that is less than them.
I'm on the wrong side of the line,
Through pure misfortune and bad timing.

Smile,
Because they're watching.
Smile,
Even if it causes you to break.
Smile,
Because they're looking this way.

Maybe, if I smile,
If they think I haven't broken,
They'll give up.
I know it's hopeless.
But I can't stop,
I cling to this, because it's all I have left.
Hope is gone.
Hope has left.
Hope took a train to Paris and never looked back.
Someday, I'll be free, that I have to believe.
If I don't believe one day I'll be free,
I'll lose what's left of me.

Smile,
Because they're watching.
Smile,
Even if it causes you to break.
Smile,
Because they're looking this way.