She spent the night out with a guy
Who gives attention when she cries herself to sleep
I heard her say

So, she gives him what he wants
As long as he can make her feel okay
But she's not okay


We avoid the topics
We make the kids have secrets

When they are exposed
And everyone else knows
We'll say we never knew it

That they had a problem
'Cause if we would have known
We surely would have solved it

But we can't, it's too late
I said we can't, it's too late


He's skipping classes 'cause he hates them
And hopes he passes not to take them all again
I heard him say

He escapes them with the pills
The ones he takes to make him feel like he's okay
But he's not okay


God, You've got to save us
We hide behind the faces that we make to disguise

The things that we're ashamed of
And all the ugly things that make us close our eyes
They make us close our eyes

Why do we close our eyes?