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MASQUERADE
03:33
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Ever watching
Peering through the frame
Covering your face
Eyes are plotting
Wearing the masks we’ve made
Like a masquerade
We dive in
And chase to distract
From a heartbeat underneath
Are you honest?
Or a bright display
Concealing the shadows at bay?
You move in
And mime to reveal
A guarded heartbeat underneath
Will you find me?
It won’t be too long
You’ll see who I was all along
Ever watching
Peering through the frame
Covering your face
Eyes are plotting
Wearing the masks we’ve made
Like a masquerade
Ever watching
Peering through the frame
Covering your face
Deeply wanting
Wearing the masks we’ve made
Like a masquerade
She says she’s never been in love before
She says she’s never been in love before
Ever watching
Peering through the frame
Covering your face
Eyes applauding
Wearing the masks we’ve made
Like a masquerade
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2. |
BETTER
03:46
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Unlucky stay
Got in the way
I can’t believe what I learned from you
All the while leaking time
It’s so hard to see you
It’s so hard to see you
Clear
But it’s high time
I own my life
‘Cause I’ll be alright through the change
Do you know why
The timing was right?
I wanted to be whole and
BETTER
Lost the time
Couldn’t rewind
I took a seat when I heard the truth
All the while fakin’ fine
It’s so hard to see you
It’s so hard to see you
Dear
Oh, but it’s high time
We get it right
Cause we leave old lives in the change
And sometimes
We get left behind
But failure makes us so much
BETTER
A little love to reach where you want
A little love to save who you are
A little love to someone who’s gone
Are you getting BETTER?
Are you getting BETTER?
Are you getting BETTER?
Unlucky stay
Turning a page
Healing hurts more than I ever knew
I’m hoping I can say in time
“It’s so good to see you”
“It’s so good to see you”
“It’s so good to see you”
“It’s so good to see you”
A little love to reach where you want
A little love to save who you are
A little love to someone who’s gone
A little love to reach where you want
A little love to save who you are
A little love to someone who’s gone
Are you getting BETTER?
Are you getting BETTER?
Are you getting BETTER?
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3. |
ISLAND
03:43
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I heard you left in
The summer of the gold
I heard you found it
A love never grown old
If time is real then while do I feel
Like a stone?
My arms can feel but
They’re left all alone
I dream about you
Dream of it always
Alone on an island
(Why do I feel so…)
I heard you took up
With somebody’s bones
I once believed that
Your candor was told
If love is real then
Why do I have to let go?
The past is fleeting
But always in tow
I dream about you
Dream of us always
Alone on an island
I dream about you
Dream of it always
Alone on an island
(Why do I feel so…)
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4. |
VIGIL
04:03
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Less talk
We’ll meet tonight
The world’s weight is in your eyes
Pitfalls
Curtain calls
We’re blowing embers in slow fade
But if for once
You wanna stay
We could settle our mistakes
But I can’t
Read your mind
So the silence will suffice
Lips know
Hands cold
The feeling of it is tragic
No words
Just night stirs
Like there never was magic
But if for once
We wanna save
We could grow and enact change
But I can’t read your mind
So I’ll hold out ‘til midnight
Last call
Free fall
Oblivion or sub-fate
I lost my place
And lost your faith
So the rhythm’s gonna change
Play on
Last song
We can dance ‘til the sunrise
But I can’t
Revive the moments left in time
I can’t
Revive the moments left in time
I can’t
Revive the moments left in time
I won’t revive our moments left in time.
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