At first, looking at her
You’d never know
All the pain she’ll never show
The way she carries herself
The way she walks, the way she acts
You’d never know
The joy her life lacks

Hidden in amber pools of light
There’s a sadness that comes out at night
And she’s laughing on the outside looking in
Putting on a mask to hide her sins

As she runs worn fingers through her hair
She screams out loud
For someone to take away the despair
The way she stares
You’d never know
How she has no one who cares
But she won’t let you see
Just how the world brought her to her knees

Look deeper than those amber pools of light
There’s a sadness that comes out at night
And she’s laughing on the outside looking in
Putting on a mask to hide her sins

There’s a longing for someone who gives a damn
To save her where no one else can
The tired truth rests at bay
But only when she’s busy all day

And even then
You might just see the trying times inside
You might see it in her eyes
Loneliness and pain-this is where it lies
And only she knows that this is how she dies
It shows in those screaming eyes