you look into my eyes and wonder,

what made me the way i am today.

but i can't ever tell you,

'cause i learned to lock the truth away.

i'll keep smiling like nothing's wrong,

even as i break, i'll keep crying on my own.

i wear this mask, and i wont take it off.

it's what keeps me going through this hell.

smiling, acting, lying to the world,

yeah, i'm stuck in this eternal masquerade!

i don’t remember when i put it on,

but now it feels like it’s part of my face.

i’ve worn it so long i can’t tell,

where the mask ends and i begin.

every time i tried to take it off,

i saw something i didn’t want to see.

so i stitched it tighter and smiled again,

guess this is all i’ll ever be...

i stopped asking questions,

stopped caring why.

it’s just easier this way—

to fake, to smile, to lie.

i used to think i’d take it off someday.

now i laugh—i know i never will.

smiling, choking, playing this cruel charade,

still trapped in this eternal masquerade...

i can't ever let it slip,

can't risk to show the real me,

because you would never understand

the pain that's killing me...

smile...

repeat the lines...

don’t let it slip...

(they're watching...)

smile.

smile.

just me...

and the eternal masquerade...