How to be depressed

It holds you down like a coat made of lead

You hang it up every morning and suppress what was said

The cracks of despair whisper into your ear

Just quiet enough for only you to hear

If I could just hear what you hear from those cracks of despair

I'd be able to tell you those cracks tell lies

They continue to whisper bonding you in false ties

Sinking you under the weight of your eyes

The voices get louder, all they want is your demise

With voices so loud you can't hear the truth

These voices prey on heart crippled youth

You're not the only one, so you best not speak

You can't tell a soul while you drown in defeat

At a battle that's never won feeling like rocks are tied to your feet

Slowly dragging yourself away from others

Less communication with sisters and brothers and ones you called lovers

No more good mornings or good nights 

Just mornings and nights and more frequent fights to push through the day

You push a smile on your face to avoid what people might say

You push your own way, as you push others close to you away

You can't see what your doing like a headless chicken still moving

And they can't see what your doing like living in a dream where you're still fooling them

Your mind shuts down anything making you feel

Numbing you to the point your heart turns to steel

Incapable of love, yet full of compassion

Able to understand others and help them gain traction

You lift others, but refuse to be lifted

While continuing to drown in an abyss of depression

With a coat made of lead, and a heart turned to steel.