I laugh to keep from crying

Smiling on the outside but on the inside I'm dying

All the pain sits where my heart used to be

Depression has grabbed my soul and since then has not let me free

Everyday I try to fight through the pain and be all I can be

But happiness is something depression just won't let me see,

I put on a smile all the time but if you only knew what was behind it

Years of pain and suffering

Many nights spent with my face buried in my pillow

A river of tears flowing from my eyes

When something bad happens now it comes as no surprise

Day after day I fight to survive one step at a time

Sleepless nights there is so much on my mind

I write and listen to music just to pass the time

So much stress but I say I am fine

Pain has made me so numb

And people wonder why I show no emotion

Drowning in this thing called the ocean of depression

People say they care but I recognize lies.