Smile For The Day-Edward Elric's POV on happiness to cover his misery

I'm crawling along

Mom and brother by my side

My father stands swift and strong

Feeling he has everything to hide

And when my playmates went running back home

They don't hear me call

I was a fun friend

But now I mean nothing at all

But it means little to me

There's no reason for me to stray

I'll just look at the sun, shining brightly

And smile for the day

And in the desperate acts of innocence

I destroyed life's last shards of purity one day

And roaming with all knowledge of its consequence

My soft heart was left utterly deceived and betrayed

But did I cry? Did I shed a single tear?

Not once back then, from the deadliest fear

That I would be hated by the best and worst of men

And that I could never undo it-ever again.

But I can hide that away—effortlessly

Though no one could ever make me stay

For I can turn inside-out my deafening reality

And, eyes turned skyward, smile for the day.

Losing my brother once, then nearly again so many times

Has filled this empty soul with despair and made it numb

As my hatred for myself deepens while my love for my brother grows more sublime,

I find that every part of me should be shunned.

And as I finally realize the meaning of sacrifice

That death is merely a breath away from the living

To get what you need you must pay the price

But you know what you've lost is worth giving

And though I've seen the blood and heard the silent sobs, I'll keep it all inside instead

As I slowly succumb while I peacefully lay

I've been dragged though hell by the living, and to love from the dead

But 'till the end, I'll still smile for the day