Verse 1 In the quiet of the hallway, shadows start to bend, Footsteps like a whisper from a place you can’t defend. He’s standing in the doorway with a grin that never fades, A painted smile frozen like a mask he always wears. Pre‑Chorus You feel the room get colder, Your heartbeat growing bolder, His eyes are getting closer, The night is pulling over. Chorus That painted smile — haunting every mile, A face that never changes, but it’s burning all the while. He walks the dark in silence, calm behind the violence, Jeff’s painted smile… It’s how he hides the riot. Verse 2 He wasn’t born a monster, he was carved out by the pain, Every taunt and every bruise became the fuel inside his brain. Now he moves like empty thunder, quiet storms beneath his skin, And every time he shows his teeth, you know the night begins. Pre‑Chorus You feel the tension rising, His shadow hypnotizing, The fear is crystallizing, Your breath is compromising. Chorus That painted smile — haunting every mile, A face that never changes, but it’s burning all the while. He walks the dark in silence, calm behind the violence, Jeff’s painted smile… It’s how he hides the riot. Bridge He whispers through the darkness, Words colder than the air, Not rage — just eerie stillness, Like he’s barely even there. A ghost inside his own skin, A storm behind his grin, The painted smile is everything… The place where he begins. Final Chorus That painted smile — haunting every mile, A face that never changes, but it’s burning all the while. He walks the dark in silence, calm behind the violence, Jeff’s painted smile… It’s how he hides the riot.