The Masque

from Anthems of Adversity by ARCANA XXII

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lyrics

THE MASQUE

In a line, One by one, Monitored, Expect delays in all ways, the automated answer says
Wear a mask, social distance, isolate, vaccinate, indoctrinate
Social feed lies multiply,

Anger flares, zombie stares, fear at the steer shifting gear in a new year
Try It! Trades resume in fake confidence
Rumors of war, rumors of a new strain, fresh pain, and pride-revised shame, pain revised pleasure, pain delivered revolt!

Like a nightmare we shared and never woke from, damned and incognito
Walked the ghosts like dusty memories… muttering Unclean!
Severed one from the other, one and all, such nameless prison game
By the hundreds fall, and thousands more, and then, and then the fear!….

Private world on my own
Its nothing but my eyes shown to a world of chaos
Brooding breed, anger seed
My face can twist behind a mask as my eyes mislead
Hate hordes clash, masks in trash
and some will die by this plague when the energies crash
Retrain your mind, retrain your promenade
Time has come to reveal your masque facade

In the safety behind this facial armor plate, privacy sees victory!
No forced false smiles and ethics faked….Totally Unseen!!!
But freedom always comes with a price indeed… stale air, fight to breathe
As newborn anxieties arise within, and then the fear!…

CHORUS

So then finally arrives the time to return, to let slip the masquerade
To hide the skeletons, or seek out grace desperate for redemption
What did you reveal in your hidden hour, did it haunt or inspire
Which one of the wolves will you feed in the end, the one of peace or the one of fire…