The world is painted in black and white
Except for the red that flows from my wrist
Everyone is happy is this picture of mine
Except for the one who slits their wrist

This expression shows what everyone fakes
And how no one wants to realize the truth
They turn their backs on the ones they love
Just to make them seem as ordinary as you

A little girl is lying through the sheets of her bed
As the white of them turns to red
A little boy is getting rid of his food
In the same house that his mother once stood

The secrets that these children hide
Are eating them alive inside
And they turn their backs on the ones they love
Just to make them seem as ordinary as you

The world is painted in black and white
Except for the red that flows from my wrist
Everyone is happy in this picture of mine
Except for the one who slits their wrist

Open your eyes and really look close
For you'll see not many are as happy as they seem
Then the ones they love turn their backs on them
And do not face the truth that haunts them deep down inside

A housewife swallows a few more pills
To drop to the floor in the kitchen
A grandfather lies in the bathtub
Waiting for it to drown him

The secrets that these grown ups hide
Are eating them alive inside
And they turn their backs on the ones they love
Just to make then seem as ordinary as you

The world is painted in black and white
Except for the red that flows from my wrist
Everyone is happy in this picture of mine
Except for the one who slits their wrist

Do you really think I'm that blind
That you can just hide all you feel inside
And not except me to wonder why
You use all those clothes to hide your lies