The arduous path back from
The chasm of sadness surnamed depression
Is oft broken and turns at a whim
We must take care not to falter at a fork
Lest we go back the way we came
I wish that chasm to remain unknown
To friend, to foe and to love alike
Gone is the masquerade of showing teeth
No longer must we hide within ourselves
Letting the world see only a smile
To keep them from worry

Gone is the masquerade of showing teeth
As long as we smile we cannot climb out
Gone is the masquerade of showing teeth
When the strength leaves our body
The smile comes to our face
Only once we take it back do we have the strength to do anything other

But once you have been lifted
Lifted you must remain
And ascend you must
Climb, climb to the highest point
Once there is nothing above
You can look down and think
I have left the pit
When many others still remain
To help them up will be my duty
Still you will see the scars and think
Forever there they will remain
But forever above will I remain