You'll never know how I feel,
behind the quiet, behind the steel.
A thousand storms beneath my skin,
all the wars I fight within.

I smile and nod,I play the part,
but silence stitches up my heart.
You see the calm,the steady grace,
not the nights I can't erase.

You'll never hear the words unsaid,
the dreams that wilted,hopes that bled.
I carry weight in folded hands,
building castles out of sand.

Don't ask me why I seem so still,
why laughter echoes cold and shrill.
You see the frame,but not the soul,
the missing piece,the shattered whole.

So walk beside me if you will,
but know there's depth you'll never fill.
You'll never know,and that's the deal,
you'll never know how I truly feel.