Behind These Eyes

Everyone sees me smile,
They really think that I'm
okay,
But none of them can tell,
I'm pretending to make it
through the day.

They only see what I want
them to,
If only they could see I'm
faking,
If they could see the truth,
They'd know my life is slowly
breaking.

Behind these eyes of mine,
I hide the pain of being unwanted
and unloved,
They'd see that it tears me up,
That I'm never good enough.

If I just let them see,
What's really behind these eyes,
They'd see I'm fading away,
Being replaced with these lies.

I want to shout out to everyone,
Things are not what they seem,
But for that sweet relief,
I can only dream.

I guess I'll suck it up,
Go on acting like I'm fine,
I'm not going to make them sad,
By revealing what's behind these
eyes.