"Put it on" "Take it off" "Put it on" "Take it off" "Put it—" I learned to be a different person Every single room I'm in Smile when they expect it Bury everything within They said "just be yourself" Like that's a simple thing to do [voice rising slightly] When every version that I've tried Was never good enough for you So I built a thousand faces Wore them till I couldn't breathe You called it adaptation I called it trying not to leave NOW I'M UNMASKED DONE WITH ALL YOUR TESTS UNMASKED TIRED OF PLAYING GUEST IN MY OWN SKIN, IN MY OWN LIFE I'VE BEEN WEARING YOUR VERSION BUT I'M TAKING MINE TONIGHT UNMASKED [layered gang vocals] UNMASKED [electronic stabs underneath] You diagnose the way I move The way I think, the way I feel Put labels on my differences Like that makes them more real But what you call a deficit Is how I learned to survive [building with distorted bass] What you call inconsistent Is how I stayed alive I've been hiding in the open Screaming silent in the noise You mistook my adaptation For a choice, for a choice NOW I'M UNMASKED DONE WITH ALL YOUR TESTS UNMASKED TIRED OF PLAYING GUEST IN MY OWN SKIN, IN MY OWN LIFE I'VE BEEN WEARING YOUR VERSION BUT I'M TAKING MINE TONIGHT UNMASKED UNMASKED TAKE. IT. OFF. TAKE. IT. OFF. TAKE. IT. OFF. TAKE. IT. OFF. Yeah, I've been masking since I learned to speak Mirroring your normal just to make it through the week Autistic, ADHD, anxiety, depression— Take your pick, I've got a mask for every session You want me consistent? I'll give you what you need You want me to be genuine? That's luxury I can't afford to feed 'Cause every time I showed you who I really am inside You flinched, you looked away, you found a place to hide So I became a chameleon, a shapeshifter, a ghost Learned to read the room and give you what you needed most But the weight of all these versions started crushing my chest And I realized I've been failing someone else's test So this is me, unfiltered, raw, no performance here This is what you get when all the smoke starts to clear UNMASKED isn't just a band, it's a declaration of war Against every voice that told me I should be something more Or something less, or something different, something tame Well I'm done apologizing for refusing to stay the same This is neurodivergent rage in its purest form THIS IS WHAT YOU GET WHEN WE STOP PERFORMING I forget who I'm supposed to be And you call that broken I rebuild myself differently But I'm still here, I'm still here I'm still here, I'm still here I'M STILL HERE, I'M STILL HERE I'M STILL— NOW WE'RE UNMASKED DONE WITH ALL YOUR TESTS UNMASKED NEVER PLAYING GUEST IN OUR OWN SKIN, IN OUR OWN LIVES WE'VE BEEN WEARING YOUR VERSION BUT WE'RE TAKING OURS TONIGHT UNMASKED [gang vocals, everyone] UNMASKED [louder] UNMASKED [sustained, everything hitting] "This is who I am when you're not watching" "This is who we've always been" "Unmasked." [Final note rings out and fades]
