If

If you took all the tears in the world  
And put them in a bowl 
Each one would be a story 
That was left untold 
Each time someone hurt you 
No matter how small 
It leaves an imprint on your heart 
It won’t ever leave, not at all 
If you took all the sadness 
And locked it up tight 
You couldn’t keep it from getting out 
It puts up quite a fight 
If you hide away from pain 
And stay hidden from sight 
It will just ruin your strength 
It will require all your might 
So all the tears in a bowl 
Are stories untold 
Each time someone hurt you, no matter how small 
It won’t leave at all 
All the sadness can’t be locked up tight 
It puts up to much of a fight 
And hiding breaks us faster than anything else
Cause hiding is pretending to be someone else