Lyric

I put on the easy face

The one that knows the room

I fold my hands in plain sight

And keep the bruise in bloom

I answer with a soft smile

Like it came there on its own

The version that smiled for you

Walks in and acts like home

But under the table

My fingers shake

Under the calm look

I still break

The version that smiled

Was not the whole truth

The version that smiled

Could not tell you

I held it in close

I held it in clean

The version that smiled

Was smaller than me

I learned the trick in bright rooms

Where everyone stays kind

A little tilt of the mouth

A locked up winter mind

You saw the shine on my face

You called it light in me

I let you keep that picture

It was safer to believe

But under the table

My fingers shake

Under the calm look

I still break

The version that smiled

Was not the whole truth

The version that smiled

Could not tell you

I held it in close

I held it in clean

The version that smiled

Was smaller than me

If you had stayed

One minute more

You might have seen

The hidden door

Not rage

Not rain

Just all the weight

I never named

The version that smiled

Was not the whole truth

The version that smiled

Could not tell you

I held it in close

I held it in clean

The version that smiled

Was smaller than me

The version that smiled

Looked easy to hold

The version that smiled

Stayed quiet and cold