Intro [ Cinematic Organ + triplet-picked guitar riffs, male lead voice] The candle flickers in the dark, Your shadow sings to me. (A thousand masks, a thousand hearts, But only yours I see.) Verse 1[ Male Vocal Brooding, Gritty] In the catacombs I dream, Of love that dares not be redeemed. Your laughter haunts these broken halls, Each note another curtain falls. The world above, it shuns my face, (But I still long for your embrace.) Pre-Chorus[male lead voice] I gave you music, I gave you pain, You gave me hope that bled in vain (Beneath the masquerade) I wear this mask to hide my sin, But every song drags you within. (Way beneath the masquerade) Chorus[exploding passion Male voice] Beneath the masquerade, I call your name, A ghost in the opera, bound in shame. (I feel your sorrow through every refrain, Your love’s a curse — a beautiful chain.) And still we sing, though hearts decay, Lost forever… beneath the masquerade. Verse 2[Haunting, Emotional male voice] Your music breathes inside my soul, It fills the cracks that time has stole. I see the man behind the scar, The tortured heart of who you are. [Bridge – Spoken / Whispered Dialogue over Ambient Echoes] Doyou see me now? (i always did… even in the dark.) Then sing for me… one last time. (The monster’s mask, the sinner’s hymn, The line of beauty growing thin…) [Music swells — organ and strings rise with distorted guitars leading to an epic guitar solo] [triplet-picked passionate yearning guitar solo] Final Chorus[Explosive and Emotional male voice] Beneath the masquerade, I fade away, A phantom’s heart in black decay. But I will sing till morning’s light, Your shadow dances through the night. Eternal song, our souls entwined, Love condemned, but undefined. And as the curtain starts to fray, We vanish… beneath the masquerade!!! Outro[Soft and Haunting] [Female whisper] (I still hear your melody… beneath the masquerade) [cello dark note echoes with layered triplet-picked guitar fades to song end]
