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Always Behind A Smile

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ten years and you're back again. but i don't want to go back to this. these kids were not my friends. high school memories just like a kiss. forget how they laughed. forget how i cried. forget everything. forget how i lied to myself. just like a kiss. and i can't forget how it was. just like a kiss. and i can't forget my discomfort. i'll never forget hiding behind this smile. i never intended to let them see me while i was afraid. always hiding behind something. that something's changing all the time. it seems i'm crying about nothing. or maybe it's something i kept inside of myself

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beautifulmess On Jan 25, 2002

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by IamTheEd

24y ago

no comments? I love this song.... and who can't relate to hating high school?

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by fighting starlight

24y ago

lyrics everyone can relate to, hiding behind something. i know that all too well

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by bigfluffy

23y ago

i fucking love this song, it is all so true. it tells how i, (and i'm sure many others) feel about high school in a beautiful moving song. it is such a good cry yourself to sleep song and i think "it seems i'm crying about nothing. or maybe it's something i kept inside of myself" says it all too well.

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by unlucky17

23y ago

a song for all the sensitive and deep outcasts searching for security and belonging. really awesome song.

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by no_seatbelt_girl

23y ago

i love this song. it reminds me of High School...how you could act like they're your friends when in reality they're not.

I'll never forget hiding behind this smile....

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