how can we smile
when everythingâ??s unright
another child dies
on the other side
how can we smile, how can we smile
how can we smile

how can we deny
the pain and the strife
we cause all the time
to stay in the line
how can we feel fine, a part of us dies
they wonâ??t survive

how can we shut our eyes
pretending to be blind
every once in a while
blame the world for itâ??s inside
how can we hide, how can we smile
how can we smile

and how can we lie
in the face of a child that
is begging for life
canâ??t get no sleep at nights
how can we pass by, a part of us dies
how can we lie

this is no fake
this is no threat
this is for people we forget
this is no hate
this is no beg
itâ??s just a cry for help

itâ??s been a long while
since weâ??ve been parted in our lives
with narrow minds
we try to save our own child
how can we hide, how can we smile
how can we smile

itâ??s not that we were unlike
weâ??re all of the same kind
glad to be alive, we all try to live right
sometimes we hide, sometimes we smile
sometimes we cry

well it is about time
to scrutinize our sights
to realize
weâ??re together on one side
together we smile, together we cry
together we die

for as long as we try
to not open our insides
we wonâ??t stop the fight
against our own tribe
how can we lie, how can we smile
how can we lie