Not Really Alright

You would barely recognize me
If I really let you in
There’s an emptiness inside me
That swallows everything
In the space beneath my skin
I’m a storm without a rainbow
I’m a picture with no frame
I can tell myself to let go
And push it all away
But my prison is my pain
No I’m not really alright
I know I told you that I am
But it was just a lie
No I’m not really alright
The heaviness I’m holding
Is getting hard to justify
No I’m not really alright
No I’m not really alright
So why do I say I am?
Why do I say I am?
I’m afraid to talk to strangers
They can see through my disguise
Even family friends and neighbors
That I have known for years
Have begun to recognize
No I’m not really alright
I know I told you that I am
But it was just a lie
No I’m not really alright
The heaviness I’m holding
Is getting hard to justify
No I’m not really alright
No I’m not really alright
So why do I say I am?
Why do I say I am?
No I’m not really alright
I know I told you that I am
But it was just a lie
No I’m not really alright
The heaviness I’m holding
Is getting hard to justify
No I’m not really alright
No I’m not really alright
So why do I say I am?
Why do I say I am?
Why do I say I am?
Why do I say I am?