Every Mask a Little Lie

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

Welcome to the ballroom velvet and gold

Every face is borrowed every smile is sold

Chandeliers are swinging like a pendulum clock

And the doorman never asks your name

(Step inside step inside)

Pre-Chorus

Curtains draw the moonlight thin

Won't you let the mischief in

Every mask a little lie

Every lie a lovely crime

Chorus

Welcome to the masquerade of the damned

Where the devil wears a feather and a bow

Take my hand take my hand

Nobody here will ever know

Welcome to the masquerade of the damned

Where the liars learn to waltz in perfect time

Take my hand take my hand

The sin is sweeter when it's mine

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh hide your face

Oh-oh find your place

Oh-oh hide your face

Welcome to the masquerade

Verse 2

Lady with the fan is a duchess of debt

The gentleman in green hasn't paid for it yet

Everybody's dancing like they're someone else

And the mirror tells a different tale

(Spin around spin around)

Pre-Chorus

Trumpets giggle through the smoke

Every promise is a joke

Every mask a little lie

Every lie a lovely crime

Chorus

Welcome to the masquerade of the damned

Where the devil wears a feather and a bow

Take my hand take my hand

Nobody here will ever know

Welcome to the masquerade of the damned

Where the liars learn to waltz in perfect time

Take my hand take my hand

The sin is sweeter when it's mine

Instrumental Horn and Piano Dance Break

Chorus

Welcome to the masquerade of the damned

Where the devil wears a feather and a bow

Take my hand take my hand

Nobody here will ever know

Welcome to the masquerade of the damned

Where the liars learn to waltz in perfect time

Take my hand take my hand

The sin is sweeter when it's mine

Verse 3

Now I've worn this face for oh so many years

Polished it with patience and a hundred thousand tears

Ask me for my true name ask me if you dare

I forgot it at the door somewhere

(Ha ha ha)

Breakdown

Strip the satin peel the paint

Every angel here's a saint

Every saint a sharper blade

Softer than the promises we made

Verse 4

Masks are slipping down like wax off a candle

Horns beneath the hair and hooves beneath the sandal

Velvet turns to embers chandeliers to ash

And the orchestra is playing twice as fast

(Look around look around)

Final Chorus

Welcome to the masquerade of the damned

Where the devil wears a feather and a bow

Take my hand take my hand

Nobody here will ever know

Welcome to the masquerade of the damned

Where the liars learn to waltz in perfect time

Take my hand take my hand

The sin is sweeter when it's mine

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh hide your face

Oh-oh find your place

Oh-oh hide your face

Welcome to the masquerade

Chaotic Horn Finale

(Ha ha ha ha)