I ok not being ok

A walking light with a cracked up grin

You see the poles, you don't see the skin

Sharp shoes, clean lines, steady eyes

But thunder lives where my silence hides

I say I'm fine, I say it loud

While the noise inside drags me under the crowd

I'm okay on the outside

Staring silently inside

Every laugh is a fraction of mine

Every breath is borrowed time

I'm okay

On the outside, but I'm burning up alive

Keep the mask, keep the fire that I'm screaming silently inside

Mean cuts to the back of my head

Names stay unspoken, words stay dead

I keep the posture, keep the spark

While the riot, it grows in the back of the dark

I say I'm fine, I say it loud

While the noise inside drags me under the crowd

I'm okay on the outside

Screaming silent inside

Every laugh is a fracture line

Have a breath, let's borrow time

I'm okay on the outside

But I'm burning up alive

Keep a mask, keep a fight

I'm screaming silently inside

If I break, let it echo

Let the walls know what I can't show

One crack, one scream, one open wound

I've been caged in my own room

I'm okay on the outside

Screaming silently inside

Every laugh is a fractured rhyme

Every breath is borrowed time

I'm okay on the outside

But I'm burning up alive

No more mask, no more lies

I'm screaming silently inside