Best Fake Smile is the fifth song on James Bay’s critically acclaimed debut album Chaos and the Calm. With an alluring acoustic sound, Bay tells the story of a waitress who is run down by her job. Rather than continue to give the customers fake smiles and pretending to be happy, she finally works up the courage to stop pretending and leave.

Many people find themselves stuck at dead-end jobs or trapped in imperfect relationships, but this song assures the listener that they don’t have to keep pretending to be happy; they can leave behind the things that make them unhappy and start over.