[Verse 1] Wore a thousand faces for the crowd Every grin a curtain, every joke a shroud Made them laugh until their sides would break While something in me whispered, "you're a fake" [Pre-Chorus] Every curtain's falling Every wall comes down tonight [Chorus] This is the last mask I'll ever wear Standing in the open, finally standing there No more hiding in somebody else's skin This is the last mask — watch me shed my skin [Verse 2] Transformation isn't what they think It's not the face you show, it's learning how to blink I burned the costumes, watched the ashes fly What rose up from them was me — ready to defy [Pre-Chorus] Every curtain's falling Every wall comes down tonight [Chorus] This is the last mask I'll ever wear Standing in the open, finally standing there No more hiding in somebody else's skin This is the last mask — watch me shed my skin [Bridge] The pain I hid became the paint The smile I sold was never mine But tonight I walk into the light The man you never saw — finally arrived [Final Chorus] This is the last mask — I'm letting go Every face I faked, I'm letting them know No more hiding in somebody else's skin This is the last mask — watch me shed my skin [Watch me shed my skin] [Outro] [spoken] Finally... [sung, soaring] Shed my skin
