What lies beneath

Behind the eyes that seem to glow and the smile that seems to shine, behind the laughter after a joke I'm screaming inside
the pain is covered with "I'm fines" or it's hidden with "I'm okay's" it's getting colder and I'm headed for darker days
at night i scream so loud because my bright world has been blacked out, it's getting to be too much and with reality I'm losing touch
my soul is fading, my heart is breaking, and the world around me is slowly caving
the weight of the world rest on my shoulders and it's pushing me further down, but people just walk by me and leave me laying on the ground
all the criticism and drama i simply just can't take and I'm so sick of having to show a smile i have to fake
no hope for over coming obstacles, my soul has gone astray, i pray for a healing to take this pain away
you look at me and think i have it good, but if you really knew the truth it would be understood
people look down on me and think my problems are small, but if they had my life could they live through it all
I'm not looking for sympathy, so don't worry I'll be OK, I'm going to get past this somehow....someday