Dead Charades and Masquerades Lyrics

I can see all
The thoughts inside your head
You don't know
If you're asleep or dead
Let's just assume
That it is for the best
The maggots needed
A cold heart to rest

Let's sleep through the night
When there's no will to fight
Let us just compromise
If you should even still be alive

Welcome all to the masquerade
Hide your face with mask and shade
Drink and dance until you fall
Thus begins the end of it all

(I cannot believe that nobody sees
You can change your face with surprising ease
Shivering in fright. No more will to fight.
This unending night of eternal blight.
I can see your eyes, judging through disguise
Every move you make seems to undermine
This reality, its conformity
To what my own eyes perceive)

Let's sleep through the night
When there's no will to fight
Let us just compromise
If you should even still be alive

I can see
Infinity
Where darkness dwells
It's drawing nearer
Shadows of forgotten pasts
Time is short
It's becoming clearer
But with my hand I shall seize
And take command of this hypocrisy!
No more lies! No more deceit!
I'll take my pride, whilst I rest beneath

And so we shall dance
To mutual decline
We'll sway hand in hand
With hearts so maligned
‘Til the dance becomes deadly
To all those around
With a love like Pagliacci
I've become your clown