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lyrics: J. Morse © 1986 A silent step into the shade Dancing upon the decay of darkened doors Visions never seemed so strange Floating over flattened flaming floors And I see the ghosts of familiar eyes Gasping out unconquerable sighs With different features, I'm so afraid to ask Same souls, each face retains a masque If I ever saw the sails Of shining ships sheltered on sparkling shores It never registered in my mind Rained out by reverberating wrenching roars And I see the ghosts of familiar faces Shrouded within unfamiliar places With different buildings, I'm too afraid to ask Same hearts, each face retains a masque Undermine my solitude Negate my nests of gnawing nightly nerves That center around a multitude Of corners, cars, collisions, crashes and curves And though I can't recall the night I'm hovering, frozen, above the swinging light Under which half my world came to die Because I was trapped within a single lie Their faces twisted, please don't ask Me why each face retains a masque And I hear the echoes of familiar cries Shouting out accusatory lies With different memories, I'm too afraid to ask Same lives, each face retains a masque |