Not Really Alright - Jason Reeves

You would barely recognize me

If I really let you in

There’s an emptiness inside me

That swallows everything

In the space beneath my skin

I’m a storm without a rainbow

I’m a picture with no frame

I can tell myself to let go

And push it all away

But my prison is my pain

No I’m not really alright

I know I told you that I am

But it was just a lie

No I’m not really alright

The heaviness I’m holding

Is getting hard to justify

No I’m not really alright

No I’m not really alright

So why do I say I am?

Why do I say I am?

I’m afraid to talk to strangers

They can see through my disguise

Even family friends and neighbors

That I have known for years

Have begun to recognize

No I’m not really alright

I know I told you that I am

But it was just a lie

No I’m not really alright

The heaviness I’m holding

Is getting hard to justify

No I’m not really alright

No I’m not really alright

So why do I say I am?

Why do I say I am?

No I’m not really alright

I know I told you that I am

But it was just a lie

No I’m not really alright

The heaviness I’m holding

Is getting hard to justify

No I’m not really alright

No I’m not really alright

So why do I say I am?

Why do I say I am?

Why do I say I am?

Why do I say I am?