"Masquerade" lyrics

[Homeboy Sandman:]
Nowadays it's all about appearance
There's so much fear
There's so much interference
It's gotten where it's normative
To put the importance in the performative
Cultivate a void, avoiding the dark corridors

But there are stresses in the deep recesses
These repressions
Feed ills and build pressures
Until all y'all seconds
All 'bout second-guessing

Yo

If you would only look around
You would see the mask weighs even heavier than the crown
So, go from lost into found
Take it off, put it down

[MALIA:]
It's easy to hide away
When the world's going up in flames
It's easier to hide my face
And keep wearing the mask I made
Masquerade

If you don't play
You'll be sitting on sidelines
Time to make my mistakes
Color outside the guidelines
What's causing the pain?
It could all be so simple
If I ran away, where would I run to?

Build a house live in my dreams
Grow a garden to plant my feet
All this fresh air, but still can't breathe
When a cloud of rains on me

It's easy to hide away
When the world's going up in flames
It's easier to hide my face
And keep wearing the mask I made
Masquerade