[Intro: degraded room tone, low drone, sparse whispers] Dust in the rafters. Something under the boards. Found a face with no eyes. Found a mouth with no words. [Monster: impossibly deep guttural bass] PUT... IT... ON. [Warning Voice: distant, bitcrushed] RED FLAG... [Verse 1: sluggish rap, intimate and ominous] Back bent, bad breath, dust settling on the mattress, Half-dead, mad head, bad habits in the attic. Packed dread, trapped threats, wrapped tight in the fabric, Found a face beneath the floor with a smile I couldn't practice. Bad days, sad face, swallowed every slight, Bit my tongue so long I learned to taste spite. They called me a coward, I called it being kind, Now something in the attic's been reading my mind. Held it to my face, felt the whole room catch fire, No cap, felt the fear turn to something like desire. No holes for the eyes, but I watched the whole room, Something blinked from inside, and I felt it blink too. [Pre-Chorus: drums fall away] I used to fear the dark. NOW IT FEARS YOU. I used to hide my face. DON'T LET IT SEE YOU. PUT IT ON. [Chorus: spacious, low and melodic] I wore a face that wasn't mine, And for the first time, they looked away. I used to pray they'd see me standing, Now I wish they'd turn their eyes away. PUT IT ON! PUT IT ON! PUT IT ON! PUT IT ON! I found a voice beneath the silence, I found a smile beneath the shame. I thought the mask would make me fearless, Now I'm afraid to hear my name. [Verse 2: quick, jagged rap] Same street, same feet, whole thing hits different, Same scars, same heart, but the heartbeat got vicious. They lookin' kinda sus, now their confidence is missing, No cap, when they see me, even silence starts twitching. Same old joke, same grin, same little gesture, I smiled without a sound, saw the smile become a question. He laughed until he noticed mine was moving independently, Said, "Take that thing off." I said, "What thing?" They said the night's bussin', I said, "Yeah, that's fire." Got a grin beneath the grin and a mouth full of desire. Every twitch, every shiver, every tremor hits different, I can taste his fear between us, and I'm starting to get addicted. [Pre-Chorus: drone and breath, no beat] I only wanted justice. YOU WANTED FEAR. I wanted them to see me. THEY SEE YOU CLEAR. [Chorus: wider layers, heavy low end] I wore a face that wasn't mine, And for the first time, they looked away. I used to pray they'd see me standing, Now I wish they'd turn their eyes away. PUT IT ON! PUT IT ON! PUT IT ON! PUT IT ON! I found a voice beneath the silence, I found a smile beneath the shame. I thought the mask would make me fearless, Now I'm afraid to hear my name. RED FLAG... [Bridge: near-silence, close whispers] Took it off last night. Left it beside the bed. DID YOU? Heard myself downstairs. Heard somebody call my name. WHO ANSWERED? I don't remember. There's a little boy inside me Who still flinches when they shout. I thought the mask would save him. Now he begs me to take it off. I TRIED TO WARN YOU. HE LIKES IT HERE. [Breakdown: distorted, fractured and weighty] PUT IT ON. PUT IT ON. LOOK AT ME. HITS DIFFERENT. [Outro: dwindling drone, intimate whisper] I wore a face that wasn't mine. Now I'm afraid to hear my name. [Warning Voice: faint beneath melody] RED FLAG... [Bridge: post-punk atmosphere, distant feedback, antique phonograph crackle] [Male: slowed whisper] Took it off last night. Left it beside the bed. [Monster: unnaturally deep] DID YOU? [Male] Heard myself downstairs. Heard somebody call my name. [Monster] WHO ANSWERED? [Male: frightened] I don't remember. [SFX: deep hollow laughter, industrial noise swell] [Male: vulnerable, intimate] There's a little boy inside me Who still flinches when they shout. I thought the mask would save him. Now he begs me to take it off. [Warning Voice: suddenly intelligible] I TRIED TO WARN YOU. [Monster: calm guttural bass] HE LIKES IT HERE. [Breakdown: blackened noise explosion, blown-out 808s, tremolo guitars, harsh shrieks] [Monster: deep percussive throat growls] AYY! AYY! YUH! PUT IT ON! [Male: explosive double-time scream-rap] NO CAP! ALL FACTS! SUS SMILES! MASK BACK! FIRE INSIDE! EYES BLACK! IF YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW! CAN'T TAKE THAT BACK! [Warning Voice: distorted scream] RED FLAG! RED FLAG! [Male: frantic rapid-fire rap] Reflection rejection, infection of perception, I made an exception, now the mask demands possession. Retribution, restitution, a revolution in my head, Every insult, every injury, a sermon for the dead. [Monster: explosive guttural scream] PUT IT ON! [SFX: complete instrumental silence] [Male: barely audible] I already did. [Final Chorus: dark melodic cloud trap beneath blackened noise, emotional vocals, enormous bass] [Male: melodic, frightened, cracking] I wore a face that wasn't mine, And now I see it every day. I used to pray they'd see me standing, Now I'm begging them to look away. [Monster: deep guttural chant] PUT IT ON! PUT IT ON! PUT IT ON! PUT IT ON! [Male: emotional melodic crescendo] I found a voice beneath the silence, But now it answers to my name. I thought the mask would make me fearless, Now I'm frightened of my face. [Warning Voice: clear, close whisper] TAKE IT OFF. [Monster: extremely deep] THERE'S NOTHING LEFT TO TAKE. [Outro: attic creaks, degraded tape hiss, no drums] [Male: close whisper] I took it off. I know I took it off. [Monster: deep guttural bass] YOU DID. [Male] Then why do they still look at me like that? [Monster] BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZE YOU. [Male: frightened] From where? [Warning Voice: slowed, distorted, almost identical to narrator] If you know... you know. [SFX: a second wooden mask falls onto the floor] [Monster: quiet subterranean whisper] WELCOME BACK. [Final collapse into absolute silence]
