I tried so hard to make you smile

For once I tried to be myself

I made you scared I made you cry

So I never tried again



And you tried to tell me how you feel

I couldn't hear you say a thing

You tried to tell me how you feel

I wasn't listening, I wasn't listening



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It took me twenty-nine years to reach perfection

Now they fill us with fear

computerized rejections

Your voice disappears

on a bad connection

It gets lonely out here

I need protection, please

are you protecting me



Now I found a way to make you smile

pretending I am someone else

Cause I really missed your smile

more than I missed myself

You found a way to keep it inside

to a point where you can't feel a thing

and silence suits us fine

cause we're not listening

no, we're not listening



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