In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
This scenes so hypnotic
Smoking mirrors, lights and magic
Paper faces in gold
There's solider boys, beauty queens
Everyone's a mystery
It's got me losing control
Yearning, I'm yearning for the one to steal my eyes
Wanna play in this game of disguise
It's a masquerade, a love parade
So won't you stay and dance with me
All though the night and day
My masquerade, I need you baby
So stay with me tonight
Masquerade, masquerade, masquerade, masquerade
Masquerade, masquerade, masquerade, masquerade
Just like a perfect dream
I don't ever wanna leave
A thousand freaks in the show
One's a tiger, one's a lynx
One's a king that suffering
Moving high, moving love
Burning, I'm burning, can't you see it in my eyes?
Wanna play in this game of disguise
It's a masquerade, a love parade
So won't you stay and dance with me
All though the night and day
My masquerade, I need you baby
So stay with me tonight
Masquerade, masquerade, masquerade, masquerade
Masquerade, masquerade, masquerade, masquerade
I gotta know the girl behind the mask
Let me in, where you been, don't pretend
Dreamed that I had her alone
Show your face to me, we could be everything
It's a masquerade, a love parade
So won't you stay and dance with me
All though the night and day
My masquerade, I need you baby
So stay with me tonight
A masquerade, a love parade
So won't you stay and dance with me
All though the night and day
My masquerade, I need you baby
So stay with me tonight
Masquerade, masquerade, masquerade, masquerade
Masquerade, masquerade, masquerade, masquerade
Smoking mirrors, lights and magic
Paper faces in gold
There's solider boys, beauty queens
Everyone's a mystery
It's got me losing control
Yearning, I'm yearning for the one to steal my eyes
Wanna play in this game of disguise
It's a masquerade, a love parade
So won't you stay and dance with me
All though the night and day
My masquerade, I need you baby
So stay with me tonight
Masquerade, masquerade, masquerade, masquerade
Masquerade, masquerade, masquerade, masquerade
Just like a perfect dream
I don't ever wanna leave
A thousand freaks in the show
One's a tiger, one's a lynx
One's a king that suffering
Moving high, moving love
Burning, I'm burning, can't you see it in my eyes?
Wanna play in this game of disguise
It's a masquerade, a love parade
So won't you stay and dance with me
All though the night and day
My masquerade, I need you baby
So stay with me tonight
Masquerade, masquerade, masquerade, masquerade
Masquerade, masquerade, masquerade, masquerade
I gotta know the girl behind the mask
Let me in, where you been, don't pretend
Dreamed that I had her alone
Show your face to me, we could be everything
It's a masquerade, a love parade
So won't you stay and dance with me
All though the night and day
My masquerade, I need you baby
So stay with me tonight
A masquerade, a love parade
So won't you stay and dance with me
All though the night and day
My masquerade, I need you baby
So stay with me tonight
Masquerade, masquerade, masquerade, masquerade
Masquerade, masquerade, masquerade, masquerade
Lyrics submitted by dontwasteyoursong, edited by khoolio
Masquerade Lyrics as written by Alex James Brian Kennedy Seals
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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