Jaryd Hoffman - Forced Smiles

Forced smiles
Showing signs of age
Small cracks in the paint
But you can't see them from far away
Keeping busy
Don't talk to me
Cause if you do you could break me
Questions and favours
But I'm not the only one
Enduring labours
They need help keeping their masks on too
All this talking, this noise
It's constricting
Outside the doors is my escape
Can't you take me now
We could hide away
But this is not what you've called me to
Sustain my spirit
And take my flesh
Renew my mind
I'm on the edge
Breaking underneath
You want me to lean on you
I try to fix my mask with paper clips and string
I'm freaking out and breathing hard my mask covers my eyes
It's hard to see you
Son, you have a new face now
Take it off
Take it in
I'm your life
Wear me thin
I will give you rest soon my son
You can't say I've left you not once
I made you
Became you
I know you in entirety
I've been where you are child, dry your eyes
I know all the ways they patronise
Take a pause, include me
Take a breath, let the truth be
All you see
All you do
All you take to heart
All you listen to
Take a pause, include me
Take a breath, let the truth be
All you see
All you do
All you take to heart
All you listen to
I have your life, now I'm yours always

Written by:
Jaryd Hoffman

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