Smile

Open wide the curtain now (show is starting, show is starting) A painful dance will break my vow (no more hiding, just more smiling) Bends thick inhibitions, too (show is starting, show is starting) So no more contrition will do (no confiding, just more smiling) When boundless strength is gone The heart still soldiers on Accursed lips will respond "Just smile" A grandiose and broken bond (the show continues, show continues) Are flowers, red, to mask despond They glimmer in a savage light But will they glisten through pale nights? (and endure when the cold is falling) When boundless strength is gone The heart still soldiers on Accursed lips will respond "Just smile" Just smile Smile when the happy clouds part Laugh for the pink ice cream truck Enjoy your perfect prize with the sunset And grin as the saboteurs loom Smile at the Judas who sold you Laugh with the haughty Sanhedrin I am a candle lit for Nero Who giggles as the wax begins dripping Smile at the swindler who found you Laugh with the circling hyenas Marauders march in their arenas And giggle while they tear and impale you My heart still carries on Accursed lips will respond "Just smile" Just smile Just smile Just smile