Eyedea & Abilities - Smile lyrics

A prince in practice moans for the attention that he wants But most of this town won't even dignify his ignorance with a response Left to a crowded foster home by a 15 year old mom Never been held in anyone's arms when you've never been moved its really hard to move on A young saleswoman sets up shop when the sun sets She'll make your wildest dreams come true at a price you wont forget The sadly married set up alibis no harm no regret Hoping they meet an angel in bed that can wrestle the devil right out of their heads This city runs fast, no one has time to sit with themselves,no time to look into our pain Or see the same despair in everyone else Its here, its there, its everywhere tears soak each card the dealers dealt But time taught me how to see every second as heaven even though they're perfectly disguised as hell And I refuse to let past bruises cover the light It ain't all good, but its all good enough So I know I'm alright Agony is truth its our connection to the living I accept it as perfection and keep on existing in the now I can only build if I tear the walls down Even if it breaks me I wont let it make me frown I'm falling but no matter how hard I hit the ground I'll still smile I can only build if I tear the walls down Even if it breaks me I wont let it make me frown I'm falling but no matter how hard I hit the ground I'll still smile ...ear to ear as if that's all I'm here for Despite the wars founded by the rich, funded by the poor Kids barely 18 are dying so billionaires can make more Elsewhere hungry mothers watch their babies starve to d**h in a beat up shack on a dirt floor The aged professor quotes "Freedom's without a path" Now he dresses like a widow and preaches "love is dead" in every cla** But curiosity k**ed the cat and taught The dog in him how to act And it burned his bridge to Jill so he tries to drown the guilt with a bottle of Jack Self proclaimed rebels say "We must oppose the system" "You gotta take a stand!" "If you're not against them you're with them" Signs read "Support the troops bring em' home!" "No more innocent victims" But when a homeless veteran asks for spare change you're to busy protesting to even listen And I'm no different I live in conflict and contradiction but it can be so beautiful When I don't reject what lies within It's beautiful the way agony connects us to the living I think of the world when I hurt, and keep on existing in the now I can only build if I tear the walls down Even if it breaks me I wont let it make me frown I'm falling but no matter how hard I hit the ground I'll still smile I can only build if I tear the walls down Even if it breaks me I wont let it make me frown I'm falling but no matter how hard I hit the ground I'll still smile