Smile by Tamia
Sometimes i sit at home and wonder how it be if he had loved me truely loved me yes, i learned
Awhile ago that kind of thing it never happens for me, and so i go around and just pretend love
Is not for me i play the circus clown around my friends make them laugh and they wont see that
U never let them see u sweat dont want them to think the pain runs deep, Lord know its killing me
[Chorus:]
So i put on my make up put a smile on my face and if anyone ask me everything is ok im
Laughing cuz no one knows the joke is on me cuz im dyin inside with my pride and a smile on my
Face…on my face singing, la la la, la la, lalala, la la, la la, la la, la la, la la, la la la
Laaaa
Sometimes i sit at home by the phone hopin he might call me but he dont call me but then i
Realize dreams come true arent for girls like me not like me, and so i go around with my head
Up like it aint no thing and when the boys around with all my friends im into other things cuz
U never let them see u sweat dont want them to think the pain runs deep, lord knows its killing
Me
[Chorus:]
So i put on my make up put a smile on my face and if anyone ask me everything is ok im
Laughing cuz no one knows the joke is on me cuz im dyin inside with my pride and a smile on my
Face…on my face oooh
Its not easy (thing to do) sometimes its hard to (face the truth) its not the life that i
Would choose but what else can i do if he dont love me no if he dont want me im not about to
Sit around let myself go (gooooo)
[Chorus:]
So i put on my make up put a smile on my face and if anyone ask me everything is ok im
Laughing cuz no one knows the joke is on me cuz im dyin inside with my pride and a smile on my
Face…on my face singing, la la la, la la, lalala, la la, la la, la la, la la, la la, la la la
Laaaa ill keep singing la la la la la, lalala, la la, la la, la la, la la, la la, la la la
Laaaa ill keep singing la la la, la la, lalala, la la, la la, la la, la la, la la, la la la
Laaaa ill keep singing la la la-la la la, lalala, la la, la la, la la, la la, la la, la la la
Laaaa
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Lyrics from here.
I’ve recently been discussing with some friends how sometimes experiences or situations in life would provoke us to hide behind a smile, a smile that would hide away all our fears and anxieties. This song, was shared to me by my friend, Kel after I posted a question on plurk asking if people hid behind a mask the way I did sometimes. The song really struck me for some reason. On my personal blog on livejournal, I promised myself that I would be a positive thinker and stop thinking negative thoughts, but sometimes these things just pop out of nowhere, and one can’t help but feel a bout of negativity now and then.
It’s true what they say about the smiling face, and how it can hide all the pain that we feel inside. So sometimes I wake up sad and depressed, but as soon as I’m dressed, I put on my smiling face and hide it behind the clothes and the make-up, behind the laughs and the smiles, and behind the perky and carefree attitude. Sometimes, life calls for us to hide behind a facade to keep others from knowing the real pain that lies within.
This smiling face that you see everyday, doesn’t necessarily mean that deep down, I’m smiling too. Sometimes, I just want to cry and to let it all out, but such things are truly not permissible.
