“Happy Still Feels Hollow”

HAPPY STILL FEELS HOLLOW

Words by Zoë aan de Wiel ©2024

Oh I think I might be happy
But my happy still feels hollow
After all that life’s thrown at me
It’s a bitter pill to swallow

Had dreams of being at ease
And just soaking in the sun
I guess I don’t get the happy
That I had when I was young

All those tears I tried to swallow
All those years where it was all lows
All these paths I tried to follow
But my happy still feels hollow
My happy still feels hollow

Happy maybe ain’t the right word
When at best I feel content
Running out of things that might work
To show me what carefree meant

Forgotten what it felt like
To not lie awake at night
Haunted by nightmares so lifelike
That they don’t leave in the light

All those tears I tried to swallow
All those years where it was all lows
All these paths I tried to follow
But my happy still feels hollow
My happy still feels hollow

I wish it was as easy as a smile
And believing when they tell me life gets better in a while
‘Cause even when there’s nothing going wrong
For some reason easy going isn’t easy to take on

All those tears I tried to swallow
All those years where it was all lows
All these paths I tried to follow
But my happy still feels hollow
My happy still feels hollow

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