苦痛重ねた日々苦痛重ねた日々 固めてアスファルトに (ウメテ)
毒の花が咲き乱れて 十字を斬り祈れば

平和主義者の白い mask この手に取って (コワセ)
右へ習え 縛られた廢人達 (ゾロゾロ)
ムチで打たれる毎日なら 首生掴み
破壊主義者の黒い mask この手に取って (カブレ)

Sweet life, mad life, last life, brain crash
Sweet life, mad life, last life, brain crash

右目 左目 右手 左手 右足 左足 (クビ)
骨 汗 涙 血液 呼吸 神経 脳も (ズタズタ)
麻痺するまで飲まし続け ヒルを飲ませて
夢を断ち切られて生きてく独裁主義に (クルエ)

Sweet life, mad life, last life, brain crash
Sweet life, mad life, last life, brain crash

羽を広げてみようアルミの羽
鬼の居ぬ間に地面に早く落ちよう
羽を広げてみよう崩れゆく夢
叶わぬ夢地面に 早く散りばめ

Sweet life, mad life, last life, brain crash
Sweet life, mad life, last life, brain crash
Sweet life, mad life, last life, brain crash
Sweet life, mad life, last life, brain crash

羽を広げてみようアルミの羽
鬼の居ぬ間に地面に早く落ちよう
羽を広げてみよう崩れゆく夢
叶わぬ夢地面に 早く散りばめ


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Mask Lyrics as written by Kaoru Kyou

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    the speaker at the begining of this ong makes me think that the song is about nazi germany, but thats a wild geuss, what do you think?

    LadyClubson February 18, 2006   Link
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    General Comment

    I think it's about insanity personally. Maybe insanity brought on by some kind of government or something. I don't see anything specific about n.germany or anything really.

    I welcome comments/ideas!

    demented_lullabyon April 11, 2006   Link
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    General Comment

    It could be about Nazi Germany. It's more likely, if it's along those lines, that it's about Unit 731. It was a medical expermentation unit by the Imperial Japanese Army during WW2. Basically they did alot of horrible experimentation on people, alot like the Nazis did experiments on people.

    violet_yoshion April 09, 2007   Link
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    The beginning part is from Charles Lindbergh's Des Moines Speech saying that FDR had led American people to WW2. So Kyo is probably saying that Lindbergh was wearing a pacifist "mask" or something? iono...

    liebenasukaon June 09, 2007   Link
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    General Comment

    yeah those could be true.

    I love watching this live. Seeing Kyo's emotions break loose. You can see that Kaoru and Die switch guitar roles constantly in here. I love this song.

    kaoxtoton June 12, 2007   Link
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    General Comment

    those are some great insights. that's one thing i absolutely love about dir en grey; the lyrics that kyo comes up with are pretty deep.

    anatomieon January 10, 2008   Link
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    I agree with demented_lullaby.I also think it's about insanity.

    hidesmuseumon October 25, 2008   Link

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