Midnight Masquerade (Album) Lyrics
Midnight Masquerade | Stardust | Radical | Zombie Outbreak | One Day We'll Get Away | The Robot Graveyard | Astonishing Autumn | You Should Be Proud | Celestial Goddess | The House Remains the Same | Two Purple Ribbons | Hollow | Who You Are | Demons | Alone in the After
Midnight Masquerade
[Verse 1]
"Hey, how you been?
I haven't seen you in"
Here we go again (Here we go again)
So I try to smile
"Hey, yeah, it's been a while"
Time to play pretend
[Pre-Chorus]
Don't see circles 'neath my eyes
From sleepless nights I burned and cried
And don't see that I'm broken inside
[Chorus]
Yeah, the glitz and glam and glitter's a cute charade
A pretty little mask to keep the world unafraid (Yeah)
I'll be the brightest star at the masquerade
Midnight masquerade
[Interlude]
(Midnight masquerade)
[Verse 2]
Don't let it show
Anywhere you go
No one wants to know (Really wants to know)
Even when they ask
They just want your mask
Keep the status quo (Keep the status quo)
[Pre-Chorus]
Don't see white strands in my hair
From countless days full of despair
And don't see that I'm beyond repair
[Chorus]
Yeah, the glitz and glam and glitter's a cute charade
A pretty little mask to keep the world unafraid (Yeah)
I'll be the brightest star at the masquerade
Midnight masquerade
[Bridge]
I can entertain
I can hide my pain
In the masquerade (Midnight masquerade)
I won't burden you
With what's real and true
In the masquerade
(In the masquerade)
[Chorus]
Yeah, the glitz and glam and glitter's a cute charade
A pretty little mask to keep the world unafraid (Yeah)
I'll be the brightest star at the masquerade
Midnight masquerade (Yeah)
I'll be the brightest star at the masquerade
Midnight masquerade
Stardust
[Intro]
(La da da da da da da da da)
[Verse 1]
The sound of your heartbeat in the dark
Your soft kiss on my face
The perfect protection in your arms
We're more than soulmates
[Pre-Chorus]
You and me
We're stardust
[Chorus]
We've crossed uncountable galaxies
Through billions of years for this moment in time
We'll be together forever
No matter what form, it's your atoms and mine
[Interlude]
(La da da da da da da da da)
[Verse 2]
No force can part us anymore
Test us and we'll pass it
Ignore the storm outside the door
We will outlast it
[Pre-Chorus]
You and me
We're stardust
[Chorus]
We've crossed uncountable galaxies
Through billions of years for this moment in time (This moment in time)
We'll be together forever
No matter what form, it's your atoms and mine
And I know in my whole being
I was always searching for you
And I know a single lifetime's
Not enough for me to adore you
We're stardust
[Bridge]
(La da da da da da da da da)
We're stardust
(La da da da da da da da da)
[Pre-Chorus]
You and me
We're stardust
[Pre-Chorus]
You and me
We're stardust
[Chorus]
We've crossed uncountable galaxies
Through billions of years for this moment in time (La da da da da)
We'll be together forever
No matter what form, it's your atoms and mine
And I know, in my whole being
I was always searching for you
And I know a single lifetime's
Not enough for me to adore you
We're stardust
[Outro]
(La da da da da da da da da)
Radical
[Intro]
(“Stop crying”)
(“Why don’t you just tone it down?”)
(“Toughen up, snowflake”)
(“Why do you even care so much?”)
(“That’s so cringe”)
(“Ha ha ha ha, oh my god!”)
[Verse 1]
I've been trained to be ashamed
They say I'm soft, weak, a freak (Freak, freak)
Mocked for my big open heart
And my earnest empathy
[Verse 2]
Their way got me nowhere
I just can't be what I'm not
I'm going to embrace my traits
And go miles and miles beyond
[Chorus]
Radical
Radical
Passionate
Compassionate
Tear down the wall
If cold and cruel are conventional and cool
It's not bad at all to be radical
[Verse 3]
The world around me is on fire
I won't fan the flames
It's subversive fighting it with grit and grace
Picking class and taking names
[Chorus]
Radical (Radical)
Radical (Radical)
Passionate
Compassionate
Tear down the wall
If cold and cruel are conventional and cool
It's not bad at all to be radical
[Bridge]
I grasp at threads and try to stitch myself
Hope the seams won't show to anybody else
We try to climb, we're all damaged and broken down
Let's smash our internalized lies to the ground
[Chorus]
Radical (Radical)
Radical (Radical)
Passionate
Compassionate
Tear down the wall
If cold and cruel are conventional and cool
It's not bad at all to be radical
Zombie Outbreak
[Intro]
(Zombie outbreak)
[Verse 1]
Birds sing sweetly in the trees
Footsteps quicken on the path
The scent of death lingers on the breeze
Unraveling your paper map
[Pre-Chorus]
Then you hear the screams (Screams!)
You know what that means
[Chorus]
Zombie outbreak
Primal grunts and shuffled steps
Thoughtless consumption
Total destruction
Zombie outbreak (Zombie outbreak)
Trust your compass as your guide
Objective tools are on your side
Tired and jaded from constantly running
Fighting the horde to stay alive
Zombie outbreak (Zombie outbreak)
Zombie outbreak (Zombie outbreak)
[Verse 2]
The rip of flesh and squish of brains
Soulless decomposing eyes
Unable to see their own remains
There but for good sense go I
[Pre-Chorus]
You can’t escape the screams (Sc-screams! Sc-sc-screams!)
You know what that means
[Chorus]
Zombie outbreak
Primal grunts and shuffled steps
Thoughtless consumption
Total destruction
Zombie outbreak (Zombie outbreak)
Trust your compass as your guide
Objective tools are on your side
Tired and jaded from constantly running
Fighting the horde to stay alive
Zombie outbreak (Zombie outbreak)
Zombie outbreak (Zombie outbreak)
[Chorus]
Zombie outbreak
Primal grunts and shuffled steps (Ooooo)
Thoughtless consumption
Total destruction (Destruction, yeah!)
Zombie outbreak (Zombie outbreak)
Trust your compass as your guide
Objective tools are on your side (I’m jaded, I’m jaded)
Tired and jaded from constantly running (I’m trying to stay alive, yeah!)
Fighting the horde to stay alive
Zombie outbreak (Zombie outbreak)
Zombie outbreak (Zombie! Zombie outbreak)
One Day We'll Get Away
[Verse 1]
Last night, I stared up at the ceiling
And tried to breathe
My racing thoughts won’t give me a reprieve
[Verse 2]
Each day, I get the funny feeling
We’ll spend all
The rest of our days stuck within these walls
[Chorus]
But one day we’ll get away
Take a plane or the interstate
We’ll get out of this place
It’s okay
As long as I’m with you
I don’t care where we go
Whether there’s sand or snow
As long as I can hold you close
As long as I’m with you
[Verse 3]
Each time I get a little hopeful
Stay inside again
Inside again, inside ‘til who knows when
[Chorus]
But one day we’ll get away
Take a plane or the interstate
We’ll get out of this place
It’s okay
As long as I’m with you
I don’t care where we go
Whether there’s sand or snow
As long as I can hold you close
As long as I’m with you
[Bridge]
And I know that it’s responsible and kind to others
And I know it’s lucky for us that we've had each other
Even so I think we gotta get out, gotta get out
And one day we’ll get out
[Chorus]
And one day we’ll get away (We’ll get away)
Take a plane or the interstate (Oooooohoooo)
We’ll get out of this place
It’s okay (It’s okay)
As long as I’m with you (I’m with you!)
I don’t care where we go (I’m with you! We can go anywhere)
Whether there’s sand or snow
As long as I can hold you close
As long as I’m with you
The Robot Graveyard
[Intro]
(Beep boop, beep boop)
(Beep boop, beep boop)
(Beep boop, beep boop)
[Verse 1]
There once was a little robot
Who loved zeros and ones
Programmed to calculate
Inconceivable sums
[Verse 2]
Each day its algorithm
Grew faster and smarter still
Driven to make its creator proud
And justify its bill
[Pre-Chorus]
Determined never to belong
With the droids who'd gone wrong
In the robot graveyard
Every young robot learns
No one ever returns
From the robot graveyard
[Chorus]
The robot graveyard
The robot graveyard
[Verse 3]
Then one day our robot friend
Suffered a tiny glitch
The robot's program went berserk
It begged the creator to be fixed
[Verse 4]
No longer making revenue
Another model rose to fame
The robot was discarded
No patch ever came
[Pre-Chorus]
They sent our little robot
To suffer and rot
In the robot graveyard
Every young robot learns
No one ever returns
From the robot graveyard
[Chorus]
The robot graveyard
No one ever returns
(The robot graveyard)
No one ever returns
[Bridge]
(Whoa!)
What a surprise to find
Droids with fulfilling lives
Offbeat old machines
Living out their wildest dreams
Past what the robot knew
Grass, trees and flowers grew
And so the robot dreamed and sowed
A life beyond binary code
In the robot graveyard
[Outro]
(Beep boop, beep boop)
(Beep boop, beep boop)
No one ever returns
(From the robot graveyard)
(Beep boop, beep boop)
And why would they?
Astonishing Autumn
[Verse 1]
Autumn had auburn hair
Honey and amber eyes
We met discussing poetry
Became fast friends online
[Verse 2]
We'd talk until the sun came up
Fell into flirting recklessly (Recklessly)
Then her three-word confession turned
Contentment to catastrophe (Catastrophe)
[Pre-Chorus]
That season was my favorite secret
We couldn't expose it for all to see it
[Chorus]
How would life be different
If I gave us a chance
If I acknowledged I longed
To return her brave advance
If I accepted all of me
All fears forgotten (Fears forgotten)
If I embraced the allure of
Astonishing Autumn (Astonishing Autumn)
[Verse 3]
Did Autumn cry? Hate my guts?
Analyze each word we said?
Write it off as some queerbait trick
Her messages all left unread
[Verse 4]
When the days start getting short
The air nutmeg and cinnamon (Ooooo)
I remember Autumn's auburn hair
And wonder how it could've been (Could’ve been)
[Pre-Chorus]
Had the world been kinder, had I been braver
And I still think over a decade later
[Chorus]
How would life be different
If I gave us a chance
If I acknowledged I longed
To turn friendship to romance
If I accepted all we could be
All fears forgotten
If I embraced the allure of
Astonishing Autumn (Astonishing Autumn)
[Verse 5]
Autumn had auburn hair
Honey and amber eyes
I wish I could find her now
I wish I could apologize
You Should Be Proud
[Verse 1]
She called me in tears
Said, "Hey, can I chat with you?"
"Yeah, whatever you need
Is there anything I can do?"
[Verse 2]
(She said:)
"Life has been hard
Same stuff, but different day
No fixes to find
Why did things go this way?
[Pre-Chorus]
Wake up, feel like such a wreck
Every day I wonder, will I make it to the next?
Who's this? Is the old me dead?
It's silly that I feel so proud of getting out of bed"
[Chorus]
Getting by when things aren't fine
You're brave and
You should be proud
You've survived all your worst times
You're strong and
You should be proud
You should be proud
You should be proud
[Verse 3]
I'm down on myself (I’m feeling down)
No part's safe from critique (Oooooo)
Try as I may
I'm my worst enemy
[Verse 4]
I focus on flaws
Before they can say them first
Holding the blade
Won't change how much it hurts
[Verse 5]
I try and I try
No matter how I gain ground
It's never enough
Why aren't I proud?
[Pre-Chorus]
Wake up, feel like such a wreck
Every day I wonder will I make it to the next
Who's this? Is the old me dead?
It's silly that I feel so proud of getting out of bed
[Chorus]
Getting by when things aren't fine
You're brave and
You should be proud
You've survived all your worst times
You're strong and
You should be proud
[Chorus]
Getting by when things aren't fine
You're brave and
You should be proud
You've survived all your worst times
You're strong and
You should be proud
[Outro]
You don't need permission
If you're alive and listening
Then you should be proud
Be proud, yeah
You should be proud
Celestial Goddess
[Verse 1]
It's lonely way up high
Powerful enough to shift the tides
But prey to outside forces
Caught up in an unseen orbit
[Pre-Chorus]
As you feel yourself slipping away
Remember it will be okay
[Chorus]
Sliver of silver light
Keep on shining bright
Go through your phase
Of losing face
Keep on and have faith
You'll come back around
Full and found
Full of promise
Celestial goddess
Celestial goddess
[Verse 2]
The emptiness won't last
You've gone through these stages in the past
Your steps are all connected (They’re all connected)
Stay strong and keep perspective
[Pre-Chorus]
As the darkness steals your smile
Remember it's only for a while
[Chorus]
Sliver of silver light
Keep on shining bright (Keep on shining, keep on shining)
Go through your phase
of losing face
Keep on and have faith
You'll come back around
Full and found
Full of promise (So much promise)
Celestial goddess (Celestial goddess)
Celestial goddess
[Bridge]
You have no idea how important you are (How important you are)
What you mean to people you've never met
You think you're drifting and directionless
You're on a path you can't see yet
(Ooo, soon you’ll see!)
[Chorus]
Sliver of silver light
Keep on shining bright
Go through your phase
Of losing face
Keep on and have faith (You’ve gotta keep on, gotta keep on!)
You'll come back around
Full and found (Celestial goddess)
Full of promise
Celestial goddess (Celestial goddess)
Celestial goddess
The House Remains the Same
[Verse 1]
Hey, I'd welcome you in, but I'm working on
Patching up a dent left by some friends
My sofa is an outdated shade of blush
Not much here aligns with the trends
[Verse 2]
Roll your eyes at the retro rose-hued walls
They've bested hurricane force winds
I can point out every crack, chip, and mark
Show all the house's secrets and sins
[Chorus]
This house grows older as all things do
It's still my shelter and my refuge (My refuge)
Sunrise to sunset, sunshine to rain
Seasons will pass and aspects may change
But in its bones and solid frame (In its bones, yeah)
The house remains the same (The same)
The house remains the same
(The house remains the same)
[Interlude]
The house, the house, the house, the house
The house, the house, the house, the house, the house, the house
The house, the house, the house, the house
The house, the house, the house, the house, the house, the house
[Verse 3]
Then imagine my shock when I saw
Strange scars I never noticed before
A textured painted-over patch of wall
I tore it down and found a door
[Verse 4]
That blue room was at the center of the house
Its existence felt completely new
But that sapphire space was always inside
Whether or not I overtly knew
[Chorus]
This house grows older as all things do
It's still my shelter and my refuge
Sunrise to sunset, sunshine to rain
Seasons will pass and aspects may change
But in its bones and solid frame
The house remains the same
The house remains the same
The same
The same
The same
[Verse 5]
This old house has emotion and memory
Carved in every last scar and stone
No matter what I may uncover (No matter what)
The house remains the same and it's my home (Home)
Two Purple Ribbons
[Chorus]
We've got two purple ribbons
Not for the faint of heart
But our love has no conditions
Two purple ribbons
[Verse 1]
White coats go in and out of doors
Past white halls, white walls
White forms with blank white spaces
To make difficult calls
[Verse 2]
Gray skies as heavy rain pours down
So hard that you can't see
Gray news, grayer timelines
Everything around turned gray to me
[Chorus]
We've got two purple ribbons
Not for the faint of heart
But our love has no conditions
Two purple ribbons
[Interlude]
Da da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da
Da da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da
[Verse 3]
Black skies littered with clouds and stars
A walk in the late night breeze
Black suits, a black binder
The black guitar that he once gave to me
[Chorus]
We've got two purple ribbons
Keep them close to the heart
Yeah, our love has no conditions
Two purple ribbons
[Chorus]
(Purple ribbons)
We've got two purple ribbons (We love you, we love you)
Keep them close to the heart
Yeah, our love has no conditions (Purple ribbons)
Two purple ribbons
[Outro]
Da da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da
Da da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da
Hollow
[Verse 1]
Vacant and joyless
As an after-hours carnival ride
An empty tissue box
Spent from all the tears I've cried (Cried)
[Chorus]
Hollow
Hollow
Carved out like a hollow tree
Grief tore its way outside of me
[Post-Chorus]
Hollow
Hollow
[Verse 2]
Nothing new will grow (Grow)
A poison arrow struck me through
Nothing works at all
To mend the parts that died with you
[Chorus]
Hollow
Hollow
Carved out like a hollow tree
Grief tore its way outside of me
[Post-Chorus]
Hollow
Hollow
[Bridge]
TV to dissociate and then here comes your favorite show
Driving 'round in silence 'cause I cannot trust the radio
Desperate to declutter but I'd find something and think of you
A thousand cuts will gut me through
They're watching their watches for the time I should be over it
Yeah, positive thinking and a smiley face should do the trick
At least I can take their platitudes and attitudes in stride
'Cause I've got nothing left inside
[Chorus]
Hollow
Hollow
Carved out like a hollow tree
Grief tore its way outside of me
[Post-Chorus]
Hollow
Hollow
Who You Are
[Intro]
(I’ll always, I’ll always remind you)
(I’ll always remind you who you are)
[Verse 1]
I grab your throat, a frantic whisper
Eyes forced open to the realization
You can't do this, awkward imposter
Something bad is going to happen
[Verse 2]
Cringe at what you said last decade
Shrink at clumsy interactions
Drowning yet? You sorry joke
You'll suffocate from your own actions
[Pre-Chorus]
Here's another defect not even on your radar
I'll always remind you who you are
[Chorus]
Unloved and untalented
Unworthy and inept
Too strange and broken
It's time that you accept
The more you try to fight me
The more I take control
Don't try to get away from me
I'll never let you go
I'll always remind you who you are
I'll always remind you who you are
[Verse 3]
You talk to friends, you laugh and smile
Don't you see their eyes change focus?
You're boring them, I know you see it
They'll move on before you even notice
[Pre-Chorus]
But my eyes are on you, even from afar
I'll always remind you who you are
[Chorus]
Unloved and untalented
Unworthy and inept
Too strange and broken
It's time that you accept
The more you try to fight me
The more I take control
Don't try to get away from me (Don’t you dare)
I'll never let you go
I'll always remind you who you are
I'll always remind you who you are
[Bridge]
Positive affirmations, sun salutations
Prescription pills, strength of will
You'll never leave me behind
Whatever you try, I'm always close by
Waiting at the crack of the door to your mind
[Chorus]
Unloved and untalented
Unworthy and inept (You’re unworthy)
Too strange and broken
It's time that you accept (Accept your fate)
The more you try to fight me (Don’t fight me)
The more I take control (I take control)
Don't try to get away from me
I'll never let you go
I'll always remind you who you are
(Don’t you know, don’t you know who you are?)
I'll always remind you who you are
(Who you are, who you are!)
Demons
[Chorus]
Oh, let's face these demons
Beat them, defeat them
Oh, demons
[Verse 1]
Copper, oh, I can't stand the taste (The taste)
Black eye, new bruises on my face
Won't last if I'm in another scrape
But I can't back down
(I can’t back down)
[Verse 2]
Cornered, my back against the brick
Reeling from every punch and kick
And, oh, wish it could be over quick
But I'll stand my ground
[Pre-Chorus]
Can't change everything I face
But I gotta face things for a change
[Chorus]
Oh, let's face these demons
Beat them, defeat them
Oh, demons
[Verse 3]
Hooded cloaks, dark and mysterious
More and more, dangerous and serious
They won't stop till I'm delirious
They feel my heart pound
[Bridge]
They chose destruction and blew past my boundaries
I can't pretend they're not a product of me (Not a product of me)
If I take off their cowls, acknowledge what I see
I have the power to shape what they'll be
[Pre-Chorus]
Can't change everything I face
But I gotta face things for a change
[Chorus]
Oh, let's face these demons
(I’m ready, I’m ready)
Beat them, defeat them (Let’s go!)
Oh, demons
(We’ll face these demons)
[Chorus]
Oh, let's face these demons (They ain’t got nothin’ on me)
Beat them, defeat them
Oh, demons
[Outro]
Oh demons
Let's face these demons
Oh demons
Let's face these demons
Alone in the After
[Verse 1]
Afternoon monsoon, out there huddled together
Pigtails on piggyback under an umbrella
Like a page from my book, but it's not you and not me
I sip my hot coffee made just like you taught me
[Pre-Chorus]
No one else can get through this for me
No one else can live out my story
No one else can write meaning in this allegory
But now I've lost the whole plot line
Life's torn into "after" and "before" time
Now I've crossed that line, I'm not fine
And I'm on my own
[Chorus]
Alone in the After
Alone in the After
Oh, how I wish I could go back a chapter
Make this part go faster
But no, time still flows
While I'm frozen, alone in the After
(Alone in the After)
[Verse 2]
Midnight moonlight, way before my alarm rings
My love holds me tight as my mind just replays scenes
Like I scan the same lines over and over with my eyes
I agonize, cry, and I think of Sunrise
[Pre-Chorus]
No one else can get through this for me
No one else can live out my story
No one else can write meaning in this allegory
But now I've lost the whole plot line
Life's torn into "after" and "before" time
Now I've crossed that line, I'm not fine
And I'm on my own
[Chorus]
Alone in the After
Alone in the After
Oh, how I wish I could go back a chapter
Make this part go faster
But no, time still flows
While I'm frozen, alone in the After
(Alone in the After)
[Bridge]
If only I could ask for your guidance (Guidance)
But all I'm left with is silence
[Chorus]
Alone in the After
Alone in the After
Oh, how I wish I could go back a chapter
Make this part go faster
But no, time still flows
While I'm frozen, alone in the After
(Alone in the After)