Johannesburg Lyrics

Upon this surface is a smiling face

Around this neighborhood everybody knows my name

Beneath the mask I wear the images changes

If there truly knew me then this neighborhood will never be the same

Lurk in the shadows you don't know my name

An average Joe by day but nighttime angst

A face that you can trust but no you can't

Come to my place forever you can stay

Take it off

Take it off

I wish they knew the feelings that I felt

I carry guilt right under up my belt

The tragedies and families I won't help

It's calling me problems won't solve themselves

A dark gaze from empty eyes and lies told through crooked teeth

All the while I burn inside and wear a smile as angels weep

The devil hides in human nature deep inside of you and me

Everything you think is sacred turns to ashes wait and see

I track the target down

When no one was around

I never made a sound

And you were never found

Take it off

Take it off

An itch that you can't scratch

Time is moving too fast

So I slow it down with something

Oh yeah girl just relax

A dark gaze from empty eyes and lies told through crooked teeth

All the while I burn inside and wear a smile as angels weep

The devil hides in human nature deep inside of you and me

Everything you think is sacred turns to ashes wait and see

I track the target down

When no one was around

I never made a sound

And you were never found