Masks Tonight

INTRO

Yeah...

Same world, different eyes.

Everybody got a mask tonight.

Are we really who we say we are?

VERSE 1

Everybody's talking like they know me,

Big smiles, but the room feels lonely.

Everybody wants a little piece,

Till you tell the truth and disturb their peace.

I got ten thousand thoughts in my head,

Half of them alive, half of them dead.

They say, "Be yourself," then they look away,

Guess the truth ain't pretty when it doesn't obey.

No sleep, streetlights through the blinds,

Running from the noise inside my mind.

I used to want the world to understand,

Now I just wanna know who I am.

PRE-CHORUS

Tell me, tell me, what's the truth?

Is it me, or the things I do?

Every mirror shows a different face,

Every heartbeat feels out of place.

Out of place...

Out of place...

CHORUS

I'm not the same, no, not anymore,

I don't believe what I believed before.

Round and round, we play these games,

Everybody smiles, but we feel the pain.

Oh-oh, tell me who's to blame,

We all want love, but we hide in shame.

Say my name, don't look away,

I'm still here, but I'm not the same.

POST-CHORUS

Not the same...

(No, no!)

Not the same...

(Yeah, yeah!)

Same old world,

Different pain.

VERSE 2

Look—

Everybody got a theory, everybody got a view,

Everybody's got advice, but they never follow through.

Point a finger at the stranger, never look into the glass,

Throw a stone at somebody, hope your own mistakes won't last.

Wait—

Who's clean? Who's right?

Who's the villain in the story tonight?

We draw lines, build walls, pick sides,

Then wonder why the whole world divides.

I ain't perfect, never said I was,

Got my own regrets, got my own because.

But I'd rather face the truth when it hurts,

Than dress up a lie in designer shirts.

We want change, but we fear the cost.

We want love, but we build a wall.

Everybody wants to win this race...

Tell me, what do we gain if we lose our face?

PRE-CHORUS

Tell me, tell me, can we choose?

What to keep and what to lose?

If the whole world turns away,

Would you still know me anyway?

Anyway...

Would you stay?

CHORUS 2

I'm not the same, no, not anymore,

I don't believe what I believed before.

Round and round, we play these games,

Everybody smiles, but we feel the pain.

Oh-oh, tell me who's to blame,

We all want love, but we hide in shame.

Say my name, don't look away,

I'm still here, but I'm not the same.

BRIDGE

Maybe I was wrong,

Maybe you were too.

Maybe we're just people

Trying to make it through.

No more pretending,

No more disguise.

I wanna see the person

Behind your eyes.

If we fall, we fall together,

If we change, we change forever.

FINAL RAP

Yeah, we got flaws, got scars, got history,

Living in a world that sells us an identity.

Chasing validation, losing our reality,

Everybody wants the truth without the responsibility.

But I won't let the noise define my name,

I won't let their judgment put me in a frame.

You can keep your labels, keep your little games,

I'm done asking permission just to make a change. [FINAL CHORUS ]

I'm not the same, no, not anymore,

I don't believe what I believed before.

Round and round, we play these games,

Everybody smiles, but we feel the pain.

Oh-oh, hear me call your name,

We can be different and still feel the same.

Say my name, don't look away,

I'm still here, but I'm not the same. the same...

Maybe that's okay.

Yeah...

That's okay.