some friends smile in your face
but behind you they change their ways
they clap when i'm winning, then vanish when the rain pours in
missed calls at midnight, your name lighting up again
you laugh across the table, then turn away from me
a quick side-eye at the story feed, a whisper i don't need
i feel the static in the room, the hush that snaps like glass
small silences, tiny cracks, and secrets passed through class
i gather up the pieces, brace the silence before the fall
oh, friends behind the smile — tell me, what do you hide!
you toast my name and then you're gone the minute storms collide!
i reached out my hand; you watched it slip and you walked on by!
friends? friends? — do you hear my call, or do you only smile!
you greeted me at parties, then turned your back at the door
a rumor slipped between your teeth like nickels on the floor
you read my message, left it blue, no answer, just a paused thought
a birthday post with no invite, a loyalty that never caught
you wore my trust like a borrowed coat and folded it away
a photo posed with practiced care — a steadiness of play
i trace the outlines of the lies, the fingerprints on glass
a hundred small omissions, a thousand moments passed
i breathe in, lift my head, feel the weight about to fall
oh, friends behind the smile — tell me, what do you hide!
you say you’ve got my back, then laugh with someone else inside!
i reached out my hand; you watched it slip and you walked on by!
friends? friends? — do you hear my call, or do you only smile!
so i fold the map of our old days, burn the tickets, light the page
i block the number that would ring to soothe the ache or gauge
i’ll host my heart on honest ground — invite the few who stay
i won’t be bait for midnight jaws or whispers in the fray
i pack the proof of every lie, send postcards of goodbye
and when i close that creaking door, i don’t look back to cry
oh, friends behind the smile — tell me, what do you hide!
you raise your glass to me, then slip your loyalties aside!
i reached out my hand; you watched it slip and you walked on by!
friends? friends? — do you hear my call, or do you only smile!
some friends smile in your face
but i won't be fooled by their ways
i stand on clearer ground tonight, with truth as bright as steel
no more echoes of their footsteps — only my own heels
