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The Mask
02:40
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Every day I live I put on someone else's face
A superficial mask I hide behind.
All my friends who know this mask see nothing out of place.
If they'd look beyond my lies, there's something they would find...
From the ones I love I've taken trust I don't deserve
The me they know? A paper-thin design
I would show them who they trust, but do I have the nerve?
Can I bear the loss of what was never really mine?
This mask that I bear
Wears me to the bone
But If you are there
At least to one I will be truly known
Someday in the future I will look back on the past
The mask I wore - a faded memory
But in the present I must live until I'm free at last
But when I'm free will you still be waiting there for me?
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Dark Clouds
02:48
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Dark clouds on the horizon
Approaching steadily
They come, we know the reason
But if we shut our minds we'll stay duty-free
The storm will be coming
Though we say nothing's wrong
But I know I won't be cowering
Behind a curtain of denial, I'll be strong
How can we say the fault is not ours
And hope everything will be right
Our problems won't be solved by other powers
Only we can cure ourselves of our plight
They tell me to lay low
And the storm may pass on by
They won't sell me with the truths they know
The more we avoid this the more we'll cry
How can we say the fault is not ours
And hope everything will be right
Our problems won't be solved by other powers
Only we can cure this self-inflicted plight
The storm is now among us
We seem trapped in eternal night
Our looming future will be our impetus
To carve in the darkness, a beam of light.
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Empty
03:07
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Funny how someone will say
They're on your side, they will not leave it,
Come what may
So you got a friend, meet once or twice a week,
Talk and talk 'bout things you like,
But never really speak
Life is so empty
With friends who are part-time
Life without a friend that's true
Is poetry without a rhyme
Then trouble starts, and things look bad
You turn to your friend, lookin' for help,
But you were just another fad
Quickly they'll say, 'We're friends', I've learned,
Then just as fast they'll turn their back,
Behind them all bridges burned
I am so empty
Though I may say I'm just fine
With nowhere to place my trust
I'm drowning without a lifeline
And then I was pulled out of the fray
By someone who lived by her heart
And not by some cliche'
She smiled at me and said my name
And I knew from that point on that life
Would never be the same
Life was so empty
But now it feels complete
I just needed someone who could
Get me on my feet
I was so empty
But now I feel complete
I just needed someone who could
Get me on my feet
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Back when we were small
You were left alone
To wander gravel drives
In search of helping hands to hold
Deaf to papa's call
You left your comfort zone
You left the gravel drive
And there you stood in the world so alone
But Papa will protect you as best as he can
For he knows you need him so
But has Papa ever told you, now you may be surprised,
That he needs you just as bad
Mama drove away
You thought she'd gone for good
You tried to chase the car
But you were much too small to see
She'd return that day
You hadn't understood
You couldn't see her face
But somehow you still could feel her soft embrace
Yes, and Mama will protect you
As best as she can
For she knows you need her so
But has Mama ever told you
Now you may be surprised
That she needs you just as bad
A stranger traveling by
Saw you there alone
He took you by his side
And up the gravel drive you'd go
Papa held you close
Mama cried tears of joy
And brother, I could see
That we as one made the home where you'd always be
Yes, and brother I'll protect you
As best as I can
For I know you need me so
But brother have I told you
Now you may be surprised
That I need you just as bad
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Mason McDowell New York
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e-mail:
masonmcdowell88@gmail.com
Mason McDowell
is equal parts storyteller and songwriter. He creates intricate stories from a theatrical perspective, and delivers them with a powerful voice and piano rock edge.
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