Painted Smile We walk along Hand in hand Painted smiles But you don't see the cracks Is there really happiness Or is everyone pretending Hiding under the paint They want the world to see I'm too tired to pretend Too broken to go on Some one please hear me While I scream as I die Come and protect me From the monsters within I don't want to drown In my ocean of sin But I'm running out of time My smile's fading fast And soon after My hand will slip From your grasp

Overcome She's crazy They whisper Don't go near her They warn Hear their voices Day and night Go insane Listen to their bitter voices Break you down But you can't fight it Just keep running Drown it out Hear them scream Insulting you at every turn Tearing you down So armor yourself With love and compassion Forgiveness and friends Maybe then you can overcome Maybe that's how You make it out alive

Invisible No one sees her Walking at the edge Balancing precariously At the edge of the cliff Tears streak her cheeks She's invisible And why shouldn't she be? She doesn't fit in Always alone Staring in Far behind the crowd They don't see The cuts on her arms Or how she burns From the inside Each day All they notice is how Her smile doesn't match the tears That gather in her eyes Until even that Is invisible She's so alone Afraid Tired For the first time in eons She smiles Lifts her hands And steps off the cliff Into nothing Sweet nothing Invisible to all

Tonight Tonight I will close my eyes And dream of a place So far away Tonight I will soar Far above the clouds Not a care on my mind Weightless and happy Tonight I will smile Safe and secure In my own little haven My bubble of bliss Tonight I will Uncover the mirror See my reflection Assured of my beauty

Cracks I'm divided Standing on the cracks Swamped with confusion Pulled in both directions Breaking me down Where do I belong? I can't tell anymore The pressure clouds over I must go left or right But both ways lead to pain Absolute misery No matter where I go Let me slip down Into the cracks Where no one Can hurt me anymore