"Wear The Mask" (The Amazing Digital Circus Gangle Song)

So wear the mask, play the part

Of someone harder in the heart

And never someone easy to break

Another day, another show with no rehearsal

Another way I'm gonna probably make it worse for the person next to me

What do you expect of me?

'Cause in my head, you think less of me, it's stressin' me

A self-fulfilling prophecy

I'll wear a brittle grin, I'll get a little in my own head

Try to work out what I misread, what I got wrong

I'll weave myself into a new shape for you

Twist the corners of my mouth when you're around

Hang on every word that you say

Your performer no more than a clown

I'll live in the spotlight, not gettin' it quite right

And when I mess up it'll keep me up all night

Stuck in a loop of fight or flight

I feel the safest under porcelain and paint

Smile forcin' through the pain

I'm only here to entertain

Hard to say what remains

When I stumble off the stage

Does the one behind the role

Still have a face?

So wear the mask, play the part

Of someone harder in the heart

And never someone easy to break

Just a facsimile of what a person's meant to be

So pull the ribbon, I'll unravel

Always hiding something fragile

At even the slightest sleight I'm letting it slip

Feelin' it chip, feel it unraveling, follow the script

I'm losing my words, losing my temper

Out of the energy just to remember it's all in my head

I start to crack under the pressure

Another lesson that I'll never measure up

Either way, I feel stuck

If I keep it bottled up, it's gonna hit me like a truck

Thought I finally figured out the face

to make you make the face you wanna make

but I can only take a little 'til I break

Oh, there it goes

Sound the alarm we're completely exposed

Emotional short-circuit, more hurt than it should have been possible

Fully illogical, think I'm responsible for those around me

Like I've been crowned the all-accountable god of workin' out these

Emotional needs, communicatively

Defeated and fatigued, I try but I can't be

The kind of perfectly constructed person for your service, need to earn

My place on earth, it's how you see me that determines what I'm worth

So wear the mask, play the part

Of someone harder in the heart

And never someone easy to break

Just a facsimile of what a person's meant to be

So pull the ribbon, I'll unravel

Always hiding something fragile

Hard to tell, hard to see

Is the show for you or me?

Just a way to be relieved of all responsibility?

Where does it end? Where do I start?

Am I the face and not the heart?

Am I actor of the year, or just the part?

Hold it in, hold it tight

Fake a smile, get it right

If you wanna make it through, then act like you believe it too

Stay in line, stay in place

Are they lookin' at your face?

If you crack under the pressure, gonna lose 'em all forever

Hold it in, hold it tight

Fake a smile, get it right

If you wanna make it through, then act like you believe it too

Stay in line, stay in place

Are they lookin' at your face?

If you crack under the pressure, gonna lose 'em all forever

Hold it in, hold it tight

Fake a smile, get it right

If you wanna make it through, then act like you believe it too

Stay in line, stay in place

Are they lookin' at your face?

If you crack under the pressure, gonna lose 'em all forever

So wear the mask, play the part

Of someone harder in the heart

And never someone easy to break

Just a facsimile of what a person's meant to be

So pull the ribbon, I'll unravel

Always hiding something fragile