[00:00:00] Smile - Eyedea & Abilities [00:00:15] A prince in practice moans [00:00:16] For the attention that he wants [00:00:18] But most of this town won't even dignify [00:00:20] His ignorance with a response [00:00:22] Left to a crowded foster home [00:00:24] By a 15 year old mom [00:00:26] Never been held in anyone's arms [00:00:27] When you've never been moved [00:00:28] It's really hard to move on [00:00:30] A young saleswoman sets [00:00:31] Up shop when the sun sets [00:00:32] She'll make your wildest dreams [00:00:34] Come true at a price you won't forget [00:00:36] The sadly married set up alibis [00:00:38] No harm no regret [00:00:40] Hoping they meet an angel in bed [00:00:42] That can wrestle the devil right [00:00:43] Out of their heads [00:00:44] This city runs fast [00:00:45] No one has time to sit with themselves [00:00:47] No time to look into our pain [00:00:49] Or see the same despair [00:00:50] In everyone else [00:00:51] It's here it's there [00:00:52] It's everywhere tears soak [00:00:53] Each card the dealers dealt [00:00:55] But time taught me [00:00:55] How to see every second [00:00:56] As heaven even though [00:00:57] They're perfectly disguised as hell [00:00:59] And I refuse to let past bruises [00:01:01] Cover the light [00:01:02] It ain't all good [00:01:03] But it's all good enough [00:01:04] So I know I'm alright [00:01:06] Agony is truth it's our connection [00:01:08] To the living I accept it as perfection [00:01:11] And keep on existing in the now [00:01:14] I can only build if I tear the walls down [00:01:18] Even if it breaks me [00:01:19] I won't let it make me frown [00:01:21] I'm falling but no matter [00:01:23] How hard I hit the ground [00:01:27] I'll still smile [00:01:29] I can only build if I tear the walls down [00:01:32] Even if it breaks me [00:01:34] I won't let it make me frown [00:01:36] I'm falling but no matter how hard [00:01:38] I hit the ground [00:01:42] I'll still smile [00:01:43] Ear to ear as if that's all I'm here for [00:01:46] Despite the wars founded by the rich [00:01:49] Funded by the poor [00:01:50] Kids barely 18 are dying [00:01:51] So billionaires can make more [00:01:53] Elsewhere hungry mothers watch [00:01:54] Their babies starve to death [00:01:56] In a beat up [00:01:56] Shack on a dirt floor [00:01:57] The aged professor quotes [00:01:59] "Freedom's without a path" [00:02:00] Now he dresses like a widow [00:02:02] And preaches [00:02:03] "love is dead" in every class [00:02:04] But curiosity killed the cat [00:02:06] And taught [00:02:07] The dog in him how to act [00:02:08] And it burned his bridge to Jill [00:02:09] So he tries to drown the guilt [00:02:11] With a bottle of Jack [00:02:11] Self proclaimed rebels say [00:02:14] "We must oppose the system " [00:02:15] "You gotta take a stand " [00:02:17] "If you're not against them [00:02:18] You're with them " [00:02:19] Signs read [00:02:19] "Support the troops bring em' home " [00:02:21] "No more innocent victims " [00:02:22] But when a homeless veteran asks [00:02:24] For spare change you're to [00:02:25] Busy protesting [00:02:25] To even listen [00:02:27] And I'm no different I live in conflict [00:02:29] And contradiction [00:02:30] But it can be so beautiful [00:02:32] When I don't reject what lies within [00:02:34] It's beautiful the way agony connects [00:02:36] Us to the living [00:02:37] I think of the world when I hurt [00:02:39] And keep on existing in the now [00:02:42] I can only build if [00:02:44] I tear the walls down [00:02:46] Even if it breaks me [00:02:47] I won't let it make me frown [00:02:49] I'm falling but no matter how hard [00:02:52] I hit the ground [00:02:55] I'll still smile [00:02:57] I can only build if I tear [00:02:59] The walls down [00:03:00] Even if it breaks me I won't let it [00:03:03] Make me frown [00:03:04] I'm falling but no matter how hard