I paint a smile upon my face,

To hide the shadows I can't erase.

The world's a stage, a tragic play,

Where sense and reason fade away.

I chase the numbness, cold embrace,

To blur the lines of time and space.

Each dose a step toward the brink,

Where laughter hides the tears I drink.

So let me take another hit,

Let the laughter never quit.

Because in the end, what's left to see?

Life's a joke, and the joke's on me.

The mirror shows a haunted gaze,

A masquerade of smoky haze.

I'm trapped inside this twisted game,

A lonely soul without a name.

The punchline is a silent cry,

A question that keeps passing by.

If everything's a grand facade,

Why search for meaning in the flawed?

So let me take another hit,

Let the laughter never quit.

Because in the end, what's left to see?

Life's a joke, and the joke's on me.