Take off your rose-colored glasses.
Open your eyes and see.
What's hidden beneath that smile?
This is beyond you and me.

Beyond those bright sunny days
into those dark, scary nights.
Past the smiles and laughter,
there's where lies all the fights.

All dreams shattered and broken;
the pieces you'll never mend.
The thoughts you'll never escape;
there the pain will not end.

No sunflowers or daisies left blooming.
No wishes upon the stars.
I promise no storybook endings,
just bruises and cuts and scars.

Now, take off those rose-colored glasses
and see it all for yourself.
Witness the world that we live in,
put those glasses high on a shelf.