Smile through the pain
It's okay I'm okay
You don't need to know
Tears building up in my brain
Forehead about to burst
My eyes hurt.
I cry.
The salty seas swell in my mouth
The tide taunting my tastebuds
Tensing my muscles
My shaky hands
Can't stop the first raindrop
And so it rains
Thunder shrieking through the night
I cry. Hot water burns my skin
Distorting my flesh It stains me.
Wipe it away It won't go away
Body convulsing
Can't control it
I cry.
I've forgotten words
I have no use for them
No language can say
What I feel
Only raw sounds
From deep inside my throat
Where it tightens and gropes
In hope, to express what I can't with words
In hope, that my cries will be heard I cry.
I'm no longer human
A ghost of myself I can't function through this pain
It's insane To think I could cover it up
Hide it in my heart
Until
Until I start
I had to
I cry.
credits
from I am nothing and something.,
released February 7, 2015
Lyrics by Shannen Roberts
Music by Shannen Roberts and Jacob Guardado
Keys - Shannen; Guitars - Jacob and Kevin Roberts; Drums - Thomas McCarthy; Bass - Sarah Hong
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