[Verse 1]

Breathing's irregular, the walls in the corridors are closing

Who knew that a hallway could be so foreboding

I take a step and let these disastrous visualizations

Take their time to manifest unease

A sudden door creak, our shifting eyes meet

We seem to all be on corresponding beats

I think I understand these specific calculations

Beckoning for something here to shift the standard of our greeting

Such simple elegance seems

So perfect in this framing

But yet the heart is weak, as it could ever be

We wish one simple thing

[Chorus]

We're hoping no one sees the masquerade

The sleight of hand, the simply skilled charade

Suited to give impression that this is not a ruse

There's nothing to deduce, please do not be confused

You're at a ball but not a masquerade

Dresses and centerpieces on display

Windows and pillars give an aesthetic role to fill

Yet here the room is still, this crowd has lost the will

To spend a day inside the masquerade

They're sick of acting like it's not a play

So sick of taking part of all the games

So if they're meant to rot, behind this mask they're not

They're breaking free and singing

[Outro]

(Ah, ah, ah, ah)

They're breaking free and singing

(Ah, ah, ah, ah)

Na na na, na na na, na na na

Na na na na na na na na

(Ah, ah, ah, ah)

Na na na, na na na, na na na na