Chemical Smile

(camera shutter sounds, fake crowd cheering, then cut)

smile…

smile for them…

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🎸 [VERSE 1 — COOL, CONTROLLED]

Paint it on, don’t let it slip

Crack a grin, bite your lip

They don’t wanna see the mess

They just want your “best”

Say the lines, play the part

Hide the chaos in your heart

If they ask, you’re doing fine

Just don’t let them read your mind

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🌫️ [PRE-CHORUS — BUILD]

Every laugh feels counterfeit

Every word’s a lie I live

If they saw what’s underneath

Would they still believe in me?

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💥 [CHORUS — HUGE / ANTHEMIC]

It’s a chemical smile

Yeah I fake it for a while

Just to get me through the night

Yeah I’m dying inside

But I keep it out of sight

Keep it buried deep inside

If I break, if I bleed

They don’t wanna see that side of me

So I wear it like a mask

Like I’m someone I’m not

It’s a chemical smile…

And it’s all that I’ve got

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🩸 [VERSE 2 — MORE BITE]

Post a picture, play pretend

Perfect life with perfect friends

Filter out the truth again

Let the illusion never end

They don’t hear the silence loud

When I’m alone without the crowd

All the noise just fades away

And I’m left with what I hate

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⚡ [PRE-CHORUS — HARDER]

Every second, every glance

Feels like just another chance

To convince them I’m okay

While I’m slowly drifting away

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💥 [CHORUS — FULL FORCE]

It’s a chemical smile

Yeah I fake it for a while

Just to get me through the night

Yeah I’m dying inside

But I keep it out of sight

Keep it buried deep inside

If I break, if I bleed

They don’t wanna see that side of me

So I wear it like a mask

Like I’m someone I’m not

It’s a chemical smile…

And it’s all that I’ve got

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🔥 [BREAKDOWN — PUNCHY / CROWD CHANT]

(tight, bouncy rhythm — chant energy)

FAKE IT—

SMILE—

HIDE IT—

DENIAL—

BITE DOWN—

DON’T LET IT SHOW—

THEY DON’T WANNA FUCKING KNOW

CUT ME OPEN—

WATCH ME BLEED—

IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT FROM ME?

(chant)

SMILE—SMILE—SMILE—

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🌫️ [BRIDGE — STRIPPED / SINISTER]

(instrumentation drops, dark synth pulse)

If I take this off…

Would I even recognize my face?

Or is this who I’ve become…

Just another perfect fake…

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💔 [FINAL CHORUS — BIGGEST / LAYERED]

It’s a chemical smile

Yeah I fake it for a while

Just to make it through the pain

Yeah I’m dying inside

But I bury it alive

So nobody sees the shame

If I break, if I bleed

Would you still want anything from me?

So I wear it like a mask

Till there’s nothing left inside

It’s a chemical smile…

And I’m dead behind my eyes

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🔊 [OUTRO — DISTORTED LAUGHTER]

(crowd cheering returns… slowly distorts into static)

they believe you…

they always do…