Behind This Smile

Behind this smile are so many tears,
Yet no one knows,
I stand alone
Watching the world in front of me.
No one knows I stand there,
All alone.
But you saw,
Saw behind the smile that fooled so many.

How can you see through this mask?
No one has ever tried, so why do you?

My tears don't fall so much,
Now that I've met you.
You know so much,
Much more than my friends.
I don't feel invisible,
When I'm with you.

You listen and understand,
As if you knew me all along.

My smile is now true,
No longer a facade.
My friends can see,
But they truly don't understand.
They don't know what I see in you,
But they have no room to talk;
They never really knew me.

As it turns out,
You liked me from the start.
My life has changed,
And it's all thanks to you.
I can't be torn from you,
No matter what anyone says.
I know this now,
Even though I didn't then,
I'm in love with you,
And that will never change.