[INTRO] Time is all we have, Reaching backward through the past, Holding close the memories Of choices cast that couldn't last. Promises forgotten, Endless nights of violence begotten, Idle choices, fragile moments, Branching paths of lives unspoken. Cosmos crawling through the endless void, Mirroring something humanoid. Moons revolve and suns burn out, Revealing what life's all about. [VERSE 1] The lesson is loss, the fury, the fight, Sewing scenes of grief into the fabric of life. Pull a thread, watch it spin, Unravel the truth buried deep within. The picture once perfect, now fractured and stripped, A fading reflection, a moment that's slipped. Nothing more than a fragment, a memory we keep, Of the lives that we live and the truths buried deep. [CHORUS] Wearing different masks to conceal the hollow, Imitating emotions for others to borrow. A smiling face to disguise disgrace, A tearful expression to soften the hate. The angry one holds a truth of its own, A mask that reveals what the others won't show. Sadness can wound or bring memories to life, While smiles can deceive and conceal what's inside. But anger wears truth in a different shape, Revealing the hatred no mask can escape. [VERSE 2] Life runs a track, yet the pathways divide, With endless directions and nowhere to hide. The universe spins as the old worlds decay, Teaching us all that nothing can stay. Emotions run deeper than truth can convey, And time takes the things that we beg it to save. There's more to be learned as the wheel turns around, As kingdoms rise up just to crumble back down. No promise can stop what the future brings, No solemn words can silence time's wings. We struggle for meaning, we fight to belong, Searching for truth in a world moving on. [CHORUS] Wearing different masks to conceal the hollow, Imitating emotions for others to borrow. A smiling face to disguise disgrace, A tearful expression to soften the hate. The angry one holds a truth of its own, A mask that reveals what the others won't show. Sadness can wound or bring memories to life, While smiles can deceive and conceal what's inside. But anger wears truth in a different shape, Revealing the hatred no mask can escape. [OUTRO] As time draws the curtains, Eternity remains uncertain. Smiles can deceive, That's a truth I believe. Roses have thorns, And beauty can hurt. For all that we're given, For all that we're worth... The only certainty Is the dirt.
