A Smile Can Hide a Thousand Secrets

*this was a song that i wrote (my brother put the music to it)

We want to help but we can't
We want to say it'll be ok but we choke on the words
As she sits in the corner- tear filled eyes
We want to do something but nothing comes to mind

Everyone says she's fine
Her family's great- she's just weird
But no one knows what goes on in her head
The fear of going home at night consumes her body all day
You see what you want to see
You hear what you want to hear
One smile can hide a thousand secrets

Days turn into weeks, weeks into months
Seasons change but one thing remains
Her smiles appear less, her tears more
The scars of a broken childhood kept hidden
No one hears her silent cries for help

Everyone says she's fine
Her family's great- she's just weird
But no one knows what goes on in her head
The fear of going home at night consumes her body all day
You see what you want to see
You hear what you want to hear
One smile can hide a thousand secrets

Seasons turn into years
And everything changes
The girl in the corner is not there anymore
Her watery eyes no longer glisten in the sun
..But nobody pays any attention
No one even notices

They say she's fine
Her family's great- she's just weird
But no one knows what goes on in her head
The fear of going home at night consumes her body all day
You see what you want to see
You hear what you want to hear
One smile can hide a thousand secrets