welcome to the grand indictment   blur your skin, you're all invited   let's go where the aura's blinding   and we all move with liquid timing      let's brave the night that's bound to crash   THIS IS THE DANCE OF A THOUSAND MASKS   and watch the fall of our romance   THIS IS THE DANCE OF A THOUSAND MASKS      i noticed you shining through the sea   a thousand eyes that can't see me   the glass will overturn as beauty becomes the prey   and as i smile i watch you laugh   missing problems from the past   i know that you'll believe   anything, anything, that i...      say i want you   say i need you   this is what you want   this is what you get   take your drug tonight   lust and cigarettes   inhibitions gone   i want to forget   you wont sleep tonight   you will soon be...      i'm okay now   (I'M OKAY)   but every word you choose to say   will die with me forever so   close your eyes   (CLOSE YOUR EYES)   and take some time   to think of something clever      dance in the oil fields   paint the words too surreal      stuck to your violet midnight dreams   with silken lies that i've spun   my consolation, i'll regret everything i've...      done to myself   inject you with my hell   take your drug tonight   (this is the way it has to be)   this mixture dies with light   (for reasons we weren't meant to see)      dance! this is the dance of a thousand   open your eyes   masks! this is the dance of a thousand   regret every second      i noticed you shining through the sea   a thousand eyes that can't see me   so cover your tracks and just keep running      i'm okay now   (I'M OKAY)   but every word you choose to say   will die with me forever so   close your eyes   (CLOSE YOUR EYES)   and take some time   to think of something clever X2      this is my mask, cheap shining trash   underneath is the face of a coward   this is my mask, cheap shining trash   underneath is the face of a liar