“Hey!”
“Thanks for checking in.”
“I’m doing great.”
“So great.”
“Actually…”

Everythings
Everythings fine!
EVERYTHINGS
EVERYTHINGS FINE!!!

If I say it loud enough
It has to be true… “Doesn’t it?”
If I say it one more time
Will you believe me too?

I always wanted to be like this
Calm, collected, slightly numb
Trapped in a box with good intentions
Killing time until I’m done.

I’ve got coping skills
And a pleasant, well-worn mask
I rehearsed these answers
In case somebody asks

“Are you sure you’re okay?”
HAHA yeah… I’m fine

Everythings
Everythings fine
EVERYTHINGS
EVERYTHINGS FINE!
CAN’T YOU TELL I’M FINE!?

“Um… you don’t seem fine.”

HAHA
No really, I’m fine
See this 😄?
That means you can laugh
And blow this off slowly

See, I made a joke
To lighten the mood… for you
So you don’t have to sit
With something uncomfortably true

I write “lol” defensively
So you don’t get scared
I soften the truth
When I accidentally overshare

If I stop joking
It might get real
And I don’t have time
To explain how I feel

So let’s keep it light
Let’s keep it brief
I’m not, “not okay”
I’m just so very fine this week

“Are you okay?”
YEAH
“Are you sure?”
ABSOLUTELY
“You don’t seem...”
HAHAHA NO REALLY…

Everythings
Everythings fine
S̵̢̡̞̖̬̠̯̱͉̫͔̤̙̫͐̌̃̆͋̐̔͝ͅǫ̴͚̺͎̻͙̝̜̖̠̣͖̳̳̅̀͋͆͠m̷̼̉͋̀̀̽͌͛̽̎͒̐̔͝ȅ̴̡̛̛͈̱̼̗̭̝͓͎̳̠̼̲͑̃̔̿̓͂̒͘͜t̸̠̫̩͖̪̰̩̬͚͎͇̣͑̓́͂͛͜ͅi̷̛͚͚̖̙̣͖̮̟͉̥̭͑̈́̓̓̾͘̚ͅm̷̨̮͎͕̟̮̟͇̳̝̭̖̖̎̐̅̈́̽̕̚͝ͅę̸͖͙̟̮̠̱̺͚̮̉̿̒͆̃̾̏̍̎͜ş̴͓͇̪̲͕̱̻͉͔͎̀̈̔̎̀̂͜ͅ ̵̡̤̻͎̙̠̰͍̥̝̭̺̮͍̻̈Į̷̮̫̯̝̩͔͇͓͔̩̮̭̽̅ ̸̹͖̩̮̘̏́w̴̱͈͖̐͊́́̓̉͆̏͑̿͒̆̚̚̕ä̴̘̹́̆̾̐̈̊̊̓̔̅́̀̔͘͝ñ̴̬͈͖͇̫̪̝̜̖̳̩̜n̴̤̙͈̹͎̪̾̅̀̑̄̐́͠ą̴̨̢̧̰̻͙̦̹̊͋̉̎͆̇̍̾̽̆̋̿̈͠ ̸̢̫͉̦̺̣̼̲̲̺̝̦͉̿̈̊͒̀̅͗̈́̊͐͜͜d̵͉̹̝̮͕̍̾͜ì̷̜͈̻͓͕̟̟̍e̶͍̫̺̯̹͓͍̞̟̣͛͒̿̐̓͌͐͌͘͝
EVERYTHINGS!
EVERYTHINGS FINE!
Did I convince you this time?

Don’t worry about me
I’ve got it handled
I’ve mastered the art
Of playing my part.

“So… how have I been?”

So fucking fine…

Hahaha,
I’m just kidding...

I’m just kidding.