My bedside window was always left open The summer breeze would convince us to wake up My sister and I would laugh until our eyes were dry Laughter until our eyes were dry Piecing together, piecing all these things Wrapped up in pain though they're sewn into lace And worn by my mother with an ultimate grace If we pretend will it help, help, help her case Hope turned into silence, ran deep to my bones The colors were fading, swallowed me whole Tried to make fake real from the start Tried to make make pretend heal my heart But make pretend couldn't heal the scars, heal the scars Our home was filled with happiness It was clear it would be this way We could not upset the rules in anyway So I walked away, put the pictures away But the last few months mail scattered on the kitchen floor We hadn't cleaned up in a while And the ink gets tired of settling we should have Cleaned up, up, up for a while Hope turned into silence, ran deep to my bones The colors were fading, swallowed me whole Tried to make fake real from the start Tried to make make pretend heal my heart But make pretend couldn't heal the scars, heal the scars Tried to make fake real from the start Tried to make make pretend heal my heart But make pretend couldn't heal the scars, heal the scars