03 Happiness

Music and Lyrics written by Lane Sullivan
Used with Permission

Happiness is about feeling alone despite the multitude of people in your life. Everyone is so concerned with what is going on in their own life, no one stops to think about others. When the meaningless platitude of “Are you okay?” is the end of the conversation.

Verse
Do you think you could hide in happiness
Do you think you could disguise the sadness in your voice
Could you play only major chords
Could you hide in happiness
Choose a part of you to show
No one around you can know
Just how deep the scars go
Could you hide in happiness
Tell them it’s all a story you wrote
Tell them it’s all just a joke
That your sanity’s not broke
Could you hide in happiness

Chorus
And I feel, like I don’t know what to do
And I feel, Like the walls are closing in
And I don’t know you
And I won’t pretend I do
But do you, feel like I do

Verse two
Close to eight billion people
Well I feel mostly alone
Is there anything we can do
Could you hide in happiness
Please stop asking if I’m okay
I think we both know I’m not
Please stop anyway
Can’t I just, hide in happiness

And I feel, like I don’t know what to do
(Most of the time)
And I feel, Like the walls are closing in
(On my mind)
And I don’t know you
And I won’t pretend I do
But do you, feel like I do