Mask

[intro- spoken] Come all! I have for you a special performance, an act so convincing you won't ever know if- [instrumental intro] [verse 1] A pleasing smile, Behold I’ll be as an actor on this stage show Called life Act alike Agree to agree (That’s not me, not really) But still Plaster a smile (nod along) Stay awhile (Longer than I want to) Oh yeah Woah Much longer than I’d like to [pre-chorus] I want them to be happy I want them to notice I want them to like me I want... I want... I want... [chorus] All of king Midas’s gold Bought only his misery Oh i, oh I see That the happiest days I hold, Are the ones where I lead This life ahead of me Appearances are just masks So I ask Can you let go, Let go of this false reality [verse 2] I'd do anything you ask (I don't want to) Keep my mountainous feelings back (just to please you) I'd have taken the bullet the noose the blame made my bed in this hell only to keep you [male] WAIT You do this to please them to ease their selfish fears but you your own request falls on deaf ears? Don't you see the folly you're wrong [female] Don't [male] Your place in this world is defined by the line of the separation you make from yourself and the others you love them but you have to love yourself [bridge] [tempo increase] Keep perspective and Don't go if if the feeling in your bones tells you you're alone (alone) Keep your resolve and don't fall for the blind faith you learned so long ago All the things you needed will be found in you once you start to see it The truth of yourself is the only truth to hold on to but don't cling to the want of another's light You are your own light [pre-chorus] I want to be happy I want to notice the clouds in the sky I want to love me I am... I am... I am... [chorus] All of king Midas’s gold Bought only his misery Oh i, oh I see That the happiest days I hold, Are the ones where I lead This life ahead of me Appearances are just masks So I will I will let go, Let go of this false reality