The Masquerade Lyrics

Chasing silhouettes down endless passageways

Locked in cycles yet no lessons learned

Building walls out of whispers and echoes

Caught in webs that silently burn

From the outside it all looks golden

A facade so flawlessly spun

But beneath the gloss the cracks are showing

And the masquerade's nearly done

Battles waged on fields of empty promises

Scars that share secrets in the dark

Eyes that never meet the mirror's challenge

Running circles leaving endless marks

Fading memories of old conversations

Fragments of a self that once was whole

The reflection in the glass feels like a stranger

Haunted by a shadow of a distant soul

From the outside it all looks golden

A veil of lies so carefully hung

But under the surface the truth is leaking

And the masquerade's coming undone

From the outside the shine's still holding

A veil of lies so carefully hung

But under the surface the truth is leaking

And the masquerade's coming undone

Is there redemption in these ashes?

Can the phoenix rise from this self-made hell?

Or is the damage too deep too lasting

The hauntings of missteps too loud to quell?

In the ruins are there pieces of preservation?

Or is the fate sealed by these endless scars?

Searching for meaning in the wreckage of illusions

Lost in the maze of the heart's torment

From the outside the story's golden

But the ending's written in ink that runs

The cracks are wide the mask is breaking

And the masquerade's nearly done

Lies told in hushed confessions

Deeds done in secret night

When the dawn breaks will there be absolution?

Or just the endless ache of the fight?