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Midnight Masquerade (Album) Lyrics

 Song List

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 

 

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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)

 

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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

 

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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)

 

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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

 

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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?

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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

 

 

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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)

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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 

 

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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 

 

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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!)

 

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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

 

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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)

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