I'm No One Important

An Open Book

Don't I seem so cheerful?

So happy and alive?

Don't I have a perfect life?

Can't you see me smile?

Do you like how I'm so bubbly?

And how I'm never sad?

How my mood is always sunny?

Don't I make you glad?

Can't you see the darkness

That hides behind the sun

Do you even understand

Or am I the only one

You're thinking that you know me

Best of best friends right?

But if you really knew me

You'd know about my darkest nights

My wrist is full of scars you see

Or did you just not notice?

But don't you you worry It's ok

I do not blame you for this

I've gotten so good at acting

Pretending to be happy

And I paint a perfect picture

A mask forever lasting

I'm hiding and I'm broken

I'm fading quickly away

But would they care or notice

If I left or if I stayed?

It's ok, you aren't the only one

Who can't see past the smile

No one here knows me at all

And no one ever will

So if you want to know me

I guess you're out of luck

No one has to like me

I wouldn't give a fuck

All you have to do is ask

To read the pages of my book

It may look like just plain white pages

Just take another look

So you see I'm not like what I seem

I'm an open book that you can't read

If I was you I wouldn't bother

You can never cure this disease

That is me