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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?