I won't let you in on the truth
Because I don't want you to know my pain
I don't want you to know about the tears that fall down from my eyes
I don't want you to see me break
So I try and stay strong
Let you think everything is okay
Because that way I don't let you in on the real me
I don't let you see me hurt
Because I don't want people to see
It hurts knowing that I rate last
That I have to be someone else to be loved
I play the game over and over again
And I can't play it this time
I hate the hurt
So I hold on as hard as I can
Not letting anyone see the pain
Let them see the outside happy
So they can just walk on by
Instead of sitting around and watching me cry
The string gets harder to hold on to every minute
Knowing that next I will fall
And get hurt
So I grip the string as hard as I can
But not hard enough
Because knowing at the bottom
I can't hang on by the string forever
That it will come out
And then no one will have to worry about the tears that fall from my eyes
Because I won't be able to be stopped
Once they all come out for everyone to see
