Us, Hidden

Happy, We're Happy

We’re happy

Look at us, smiling and laughing

Look at us, smart and pretty and kind

Look at us, we’re everything you could ever want

Happy children, as happy as can be

Look at us, we’re not crying

We’re not tired

We’re not dying

We’re happy, why wouldn’t we be happy?

Our families are secure, we don’t dream of screams

Our future is secure, we don’t dream of failure

Our lives are secure, we don’t dream of death

We’re happy

We don’t look at our grades and cry

We don’t examine ourselves in the mirror and wince

We don’t backstab each other for first place

We’re happy

Look at us, see the truth

Look us in the eye, look at us

Do you see?

We’re happy, we really are

Are we okay?

Of course we are

The answer’s already decided for us

We’re happy, we’re okay

There’s no other truth



Little Voices

They sob and they cry

They beg and they plead

They scream and they wail

Help us, notice us

Help us, see us

Help us, save us

Children, crying into their pillows at night

Children, crying when no one can hear them

Children, crying because no one cares

Help us, notice us

Help us, see us

Help us, save us

They cry for help

They cry and they plead and they scream

Until they give up

Does anyone hear their cries, their pleas, their screams?

Does anyone hear them begging for help?

Does anyone see their tears, their blood, their scars?

Does anyone see the defeat in their eyes?

Does anyone notice them?

They give up

They stop asking for help

They know no one will help them

They move around the world, unseen and unheard

They move around the world, defeat in their eyes

They move around the world, hope lost in the wind

Until they find hope

And fly away on bloodied wings