Static Smile

Everyone has come to this feeling of deep melancholy where they don't want to do anything but they keep moving with the motions of the day. Rehearsed smiles and practiced words just so the others won't notice any change, after that you go back to the darkness of your place exhausted yet can't sleep Static Smile is a Song about this feeling. Lyrics: (Verse 1) I wake up tired but I didn’t dream Another day stitched into the seam Of something fake I call my skin I play along, I’m paper-thin Mirror shows a ghost I wear Empty eyes but no one cares Practice lines so I seem alive Rehearse the lie just to survive (Pre-Chorus) I learned to laugh on cue Like there’s nothing wrong with you (Chorus) I’m numb, but I’m breathing A shadow still pretending The light left my eyes long ago But no one needs to know I smile like I mean it Say words but don’t feel it I’m here but I’m not inside Just acting like I’m alive (Verse 2) Voices blur, they fade to grey Every word just slips away I nod my head, I play my part A hollow script, a borrowed heart Hands shake but I keep them still Learned to mask what I can’t feel If I stop now I might break through And face the nothing I’ve become (Pre-Chorus) So I keep the mask in place Just another empty face (Chorus) I’m numb, but I’m breathing A shadow still pretending The light left my eyes long ago But no one needs to know I smile like I mean it Say words but don’t feel it I’m here but I’m not inside Just acting like I’m alive (Bridge soft) If I scream, will I feel it? If I bleed, is it real yet? Or am I just a silhouette Fading into nothingness? I can’t remember what it’s like To feel the dark… or feel the light Just static where my heart should be A quiet kind of misery No pulse / no pain / no clarity Just echoes of what used to be I’m still here / but I’m gone Been disappearing all along (Final Chorus) I’m numb, but I’m breathing A ghost still pretending The light left my eyes long ago And now it finally shows No smile left to fake it No strength left to take it I’m here but I’m not inside Not acting this time—just dried (Outro, Quite) So if you ask, I’ll say I’m fine… Just don’t look too deep in my eyes