A mask behind to hide my fears A wicked smile: I’ll show no tears No dreams in cold glass eyes As I rise to live a life of lies Once I was a dreamer, with a burning heart Filled with hopes and dreams, but they were torn apart I wanted evil to fight, and find friends and trust But the world around is cold, with no love, only lust Still I reached out, to conquer the fears As a moth to flame, all that I got was tears Broken, I recoiled, it was all in vain So I take on a mask, to hide away my pain A mask behind to hide my fears A wicked smile: I’ll show no tears No dreams in cold glass eyes As I rise to live a life of lies Steel clad, my scars hidden by plate And I’ll smile to the cruel ones I hate A trained response, then turn away Never speak up, it won’t help anyway Passing the grey and mask clad crowd My head held high while theirs are bowed And I’ll pretend as do the rest That I’m content to live this bitter jest Still when alone, I’ll sometimes dream I’ll tear off my mask and in silence scream I see that my dreams are into ashes turned Gone is what I tried to save after I was burned No place for a hero in this world so cold Where indifference rules, and dreams bought and sold Can’t find a soul that understands the way I feel So I turn back, take on my mask of steel A mask behind to hide my fears A wicked smile: I’ll show no tears No dreams in cold glass eyes As I rise to live a life of lies I look out in the crowded room And see a soul I know must head for doom No mask to hide the hopes and dreams Quickly she’ll fall, crushed by their schemes It’s like a mirror, of what I once were The smile that I lost is shining on her. If she is me, then who am I? All that I have, is it all just a lie? Is it too late now, or can I still be Reach for the mirror and grasp what I see Can I win back the smile and the tears Or am I dead now, killed by my fears? If I tear off my mask, is the face still there? Will I find my dreams, will I learn to care? Is it too late now, I still have to try Cast away the reign of schemes, I can’t live this lie No mask to hide away my tears I’ll dare to smile, I’ll face my fears My dreams I will not leave to die Never again shall I live this lie!