Intro :
The painted faces on the street caricatures of long ago
Oh they were young and oh so sweet down beyond the boulevard
Knock on doors and empty halls and still sometimes remember
The masquerade's forever (the masquerade's forever)
W hen you see the p rice they paid
I'm s ure you'll come and j oin the masquera de
The reeling figures pass on by like ghosts in some forgotten play
Beneath the black and empty sky music plays and figures dance
With partners chosen by chance and still some times remember
The masquerade's forever (the masquerade's forever)
They reached for tom orrow but tom orrow's m ore of the s ame
So they reached for to morrow but tom orrow n ever ca me
W hen you hear the p rice they paid
I'm s ure you'll come and j oin the masquera de
W hen you hear the p rice they paid
I'm s ure you'll come and j oin the masquera de
One by one and two by two pa st eight by tens in shattered frames
The players try to leave the roo m frantic puppets on a string
And all the while the music sin gs and still sometimes remember
The masquerade's forever (the masquerade's forever)
Chorus: (repeat as desired)
W hen you hear the p rice they paid
I'm s ure you'll come and j oin the masquera de
W hen you hear the p rice they paid
I'm s ure you'll come and j oin the masquera de
W hen you hear the p rice they paid
I'm s ure you'll come and j oin the masquera de
W hen you hear the p rice they paid
I'm s ure you'll come and j oin the masquera de