I try my best to keep it hidden
My world shaken is forbidden
Everyone expects me to always have a smile
But my pain is never ridden
Harder to live it keeps getting
Me remaining hopeful is just denial

I try my best to keep it hidden
So I stay sheltered inside my room
Where I write my eventful tales of all my depression and gloom
My soul is being consumed
But I try my best to keep that hidden
So I act coy and optimistic though inside I see no worth in living

I try my best to keep it hidden
But my mind is a mental prison
Will I ever make parole?
Hell I feel I am on death row
With nowhere else to go
So please pray for my soul

I try my best to keep it hidden
But today I will let it show
That I am not perfect inside
I am barely even whole
I am nothing
So why should I hide anymore?