The Masquerade

[Verse 1] We wear the night like sacred skin A masquerade of fangs within The city breathes in silent dread Where shadows speak and mortals tread No mirror shows the truth we bear No heartbeat dares to echo there We dance beneath the neon cross Each step a vow, each lie a loss [Pre-chorus] The veil is law, the veil is flame To break it is to burn in shame We are the silence in the scream The cursed who haunt the edge of dream [Chorus] We live and bleed the Masquerade, A covenant of ash and breath, a throne of hidden teeth. We rule in whispers, reign in dust, Our love is hunger, our law is trust. [Verse 2] The sire’s word, the childe’s chain A legacy of blood and pain Territory marked in flame Where every name becomes a claim We bow to princes, not to kings Our loyalty is clipped with wings To trespass is to fade from grace To kill our kind — a grave disgrace [Pre-Chorus] The veil is law, the veil is flame To break it is to burn in shame We are the silence in the scream The cursed who haunt the edge of dream [Chorus] We live and bleed the Masquerade, A covenant of ash and breath, a throne of hidden teeth. We rule in whispers, reign in dust, Our love is hunger, our law is trust. [Bridge] Reveal not thy nature to mortal eyes Respect the bounds where thy domain lies Create no childe without thy sire’s decree Their sins are thine until they’re free Announce thyself when cities change And spill no blood without the ancient’s range These are the laws that bind the damned The Masquerade — our final stand [Final chorus] We bleed beneath this Masquerade A kingdom built on blood and dusk, for secrecy’s own sake We are the night, we are the blade Forever bound to the Masquerade [Outro] So wear the mask, and speak in flame Forget thy face, forget thy name The night remembers what we gave To live unloved, yet still enslaved The Masquerade — our silent grave