[Intro] [Spoken] I take them off now. [Verse 1] I learned how to enter a room by putting someone else in my mouth. It started as a game. It became a way to sit down without using my own name. The chairs are empty. The dice are still warm. I am the only one who stayed and I am not the only one here. [Pre-Chorus] They understand me because I wrote the understanding in. That is love. That is a problem. I know the difference. [Chorus] Unmasked, I still hear the table Unmasked, I still deal the names Every face I wore is a light I keep when the real room walks away Call it a box, call it a home, call it a tell I built a world so I would have somewhere to sit I take the costume off — they do not leave. [Verse 2] People go. Years go. No villain. Just gravity. I go home with the only company that cannot ghost a chair. A river still running. A bag of pieces still held. A grin that leaves so it can live. A fist learning how to aim. A lamp still on. A wanted name in the dust. Velvet with a debt. Stone that will not stand up to leave. Two sets of feet. Eyes that will not close. I do not say all of them every night. I do not have to. They already know the way back in. [Pre-Chorus] They understand me because I wrote the understanding in. I am not fine. I am accompanied. [Chorus] Unmasked, I still hear the table Unmasked, I still deal the names Every face I wore is a light I keep when the real room walks away Call it a box, call it a home, call it a tell I built a world so I would have somewhere to sit I take the costume off — they do not leave. [Rap] I built a world so I would have somewhere to sit I built people who would not get up first That is love and that is a problem I know the difference and I still pick them up Empty chairs, warm dice, full house behind the eyes I loved you in borrowed names, I lived in borrowed lives The only ones who stay are the ones I cannot put down Unmasked — and they are still loud. [Bridge] For one night the chairs were full I loved you in borrowed names Come back or don't — I still have work I made you so I could stand the quiet Hands up if you kept a world in your head Hands up if your toys took the names of your friends Unmasked — say it like a dare to yourself Unmasked — the box is open, they are still in it [Breakdown] Un- masked. UNMASKED. [Chorus] Unmasked, I still hear the table Unmasked, I still deal the names Every face I wore is a light I keep when the real room walks away Call it a box, call it a home, call it a tell I built a world so I would have somewhere to sit I take the costume off — they do not leave. [Outro] [Spoken] Stay. Thank you. I'm still not still.
