False Smiles Lyrics - Amy Studt

They kept a saying; you don't wanna go playing, with the big boys. 

Just stick to the backyard; just stay in your mothers arms. 

Did you expect me to believe all of the evil lies you whispered when the lights went out? 

There's good in everyone, but you only taught me how to hate. 

I'm trying hard just to hold my head up from the shadows 

There's more dark than light in me 

But you painted that, but you created that 

So keep on walking by, don't turn around, just stop pretending that you care 

For all the false smiles, there's another dying child 

Chorus: 

Give me another taste, 

Of what you've got to give, I know that I can live life afraid 

Take me, one last time 

I wanna feel the pain; I wanna feel the shame all the way 

(I want to feel 4) 

I'm realising how much that you can hide behind a pretty face 

All the secrets that lie inside, jump out and scar leave without a trace 

So I believe I'll find salvation on the other side of the road 

For all the false smiles, there's another dying child 

Chorus 

I'll keep on fighting, keep on writing all the things that you don't want to hear 

Just because I'll strike a home truth, of what you want to make disappear 

I'll never disappear 

Chorus 2 

I want to feel 4