Eyedea, Abilities - Smile lyrics

A prince in practice moans for
The attention that he wants
But most of this town won't even
Dignify his ignorance with a response
Left to a crowded foster home
By a 15-year-old mom
Never been held in anyone's arms
When you've never been moved it's
Really hard to move on
A young saleswoman sets up shop
When the sun sets
She'll make your wildest dreams come true
At a price you won't forget
The sadly married set up alibis: no harm
No regret hoping they meet an angel in bed
That could wrestle the devil right
Out of their heads this city runs fast
No one has time to sit with themselves
No time to look into our pain
Or see the same despair in everyone else
It's here, it's there, it's everywhere
Tears soak each card the dealers dealt
But time taught me how to
See every second as Heaven
Even though they're perfectly
Disguised as Hell and I refuse to let past
Bruises cover the light
It ain't all good, but it's all good enough
So I know I'm alright agony is truth
It's our connection to the living
I accept it as perfection and keep
On existing in the now

I can only build if I tear the walls down
Even if it breaks me
I won't let it make me frown i'm falling
But no matter how hard I hit the ground
…I'll still smile
I can only build if I tear the walls down
Even if it breaks me
I won't let it make me frown i'm falling
But no matter how hard I hit the ground
…I'll still smile

Ear-to-ear, as if that's all I'm here for
Despite the wars founded by the rich
Funded by the poor
Kids barely 18 are dying so
Billionaires can make more
Elsewhere hungry mothers watch their
Babies starve to death
In a beat-up shack on a dirt floor
The aged professor quotes
"Freedom's without a path"
Now he dresses like a widow
And preaches "Love is dead" in every class
But curiosity killed the cat and taught the
Dog in him how to act
And it burned his bridge to Jill
So he tries to drown the guilt
With a bottle of Jack
Self-proclaimed rebels say
"We must oppose the system!"
"You gotta take a stand if
You're not against 'em, you're with 'em!"
Signs read: "Support the troops!"
"Bring 'em home!" "No more innocent victims!"
But when a homeless veteran
Asks for spare change
You're too busy protesting to even listen
And I'm no different
I live in conflict and contradiction
But it can be so beautiful when
I don't reject what lies within
It's beautiful the way agony connects
Us to the living
I think of the world when I hurt
And keep on existing in the now

I can only build if I tear the walls down
Even if it breaks me
I won't let it make me frown i'm falling
But no matter how hard I hit the ground
…I'll still smile
I can only build if I tear the walls down
Even if it breaks me
I won't let it make me frown i'm falling
But no matter how hard I hit the ground
…I'll still smile