Masquerade
Lyrics by: Paulson, Swingen
Music by: Paulson, Swingen

Living my life from day to day
My life’s become one big charade
Living out accepted clichés
I’ve falsified myself this way

I thought I’d earn respect with change
Conform and find the peace to stay
Acting this way I feel disgrace
I’m locked up in this social cage

Getting sick of this
The liars and hypocrites
Has it always been this way?
Has life become a masquerade?

Against the current I swim along
Feeling there’s no place I belong
My frustration’s never grown so strong
I know I’m right but still I’m wrong

The time has come at last to choose
Which life to live which to refuse
My heart and mind contradicting
My heart and mind still conflicting

Too long have I let life pass me by
Without stopping and asking why
Why I let myself live this lie
It’s time I bid this stunt goodbye

Getting sick of this
The liars and hypocrites
Has it always been this way?
Has life become a masquerade?

Anything that takes away
Causes me to go astray
Prevents me from finding the way
Is not the path I choose today