Mask Made With Pride (Ai Music) written by Misty D. Williams

Описание: Mask Made With Pride (Ai Music)
written by Misty D. Williams

LYRICS:
Lookin' at them with wide eyes
Hidin' the tremors
The pain inside
Use the smile practiced all night
And pretend you're doin' just fine
Pick your head up
Don't you cry
Remember to meet their eye
Wear the mask made with pride
Perfect place for feelings to hide

Every joke
every half‑truth line
Just another way to say
“I’m fine”
Every crack you cover in light
Til you’re fading away inside
Hold it straight
Don’t let it slide

So I laugh on cue
Say "I'm alright"
Turn the darkness down
Turn up the light
Every crack I tape from the inside
Bleeding through a grin I memorized
If you only knew how hard I try
To keep my truth behind this perfect lie
Wear the mask made with pride
Perfect place for feelings to hide

Jokes in my pocket
Learned by heart
Little tricks to keep the crowd apart
From the part of me that shakes at night
From the part that wants to lose this fight
I fold the fear like folded clothes
Shove it deep where nobody goes
Stand up straight
Sell the shine
They clap
They cheer
I flatline (flatline)

So I laugh on cue
Say "I'm alright"
Turn the darkness down
Turn up the light
Every crack I tape from the inside
Bleeding through a grin I memorized
If you only knew how hard I try
To keep my truth behind this perfect lie
Wear the mask made with pride
Perfect place for feelings to hide

If I let it slip
If I let it show
Would you turn away
Would you still want to know
The shaking hands behind the steady wave
The buried self I never let you save

So they say
"you're doin' alright"
But they don't see the sleepless nights
Every laugh is a warning sign
Every breath a practiced line
I got this mask made with pride
Stitched it tight from hurt and lies
Guess it's easier to shine
Than admit I'm barely alive inside (I'm barely alive)
So I laugh on cue
Say "I'm alright"
Turn the darkness down
Turn up the light
Every crack I tape from the inside
Bleeding through a grin I memorized
If you only knew how hard I try
To keep my truth behind this perfect lie

Wear the mask made with pride
Perfect place for feelings to hide (for feelings to hide)