Painted Faces Lyrics

A work of art, a hidden heart

A truth the world can't see

But it's the world you're after

The lust and the pride

You've tucked deep inside

Just look at yourself

Improve yourself

Pretend it's all okay

Don't let anyone know about the passions churning underneath

Everything's fine

The parties just begun

It's all painting, singing, dancing

Drugs and flowing wine

Everything's good

No one dares complain

Not a sad thought to be found within this happy land of dreams

A work of art, this face of yours

Painted exquisitely

Sealing in the lies we've swallowed so easily

Now in this happy world they tell us all we want to hear

"Success is just around the corner

Happiness is almost here"

Why is it that you go to bed

with pangs of emptiness?

Why is it that with every hit

You laugh a little less?

I can see the cracks in your painted smile from here

I can hear the footsteps of wrath drawing near

And that empty feeling creeps on you only growing stronger

While fools dance and play their songs

The cup overflows

Your cup runneth over

Walking 'round with painted faces

Spreading the good news

If no one can love anyone, then

At least these masks will do

Painted grins disguise us

as we prepare our souls for rest

Dreaming of that perfect world

With spotless, painted friends

Where no one is unhappy

No one tells you that you're wrong

Only perfect people love you

And the blemishes are gone

But you are a vapor

that vanishes away

No amount of paint can hide

Your transitory state

But everything's fine

The party's just begun

It's all painting, singing, dancing

Drugs and flowing wine

Everything's good

Oh

No one dares complain

Not a sad thought to be found within this happy land of dreams

Oh yeah