False Smiles (from "Under the Thumb" single)

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

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...

I'm realizing how much that you can hide behind a pretty face
All the secrets that lie inside, jump out and scar and 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

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
All the way, all the way

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

It'll never disappear

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
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...