The ring an empty place Don't want to hide my face I hear the calling Of my saddest feelings inside They always laugh at me About the mask they see But even then their eyes are Closed to what is behind My whole life is a charade The pretender that I am An insidious masquerade No one will ever see The truth in my life The curtain falls The light fades I am lost in this lie Crying in silence is all Left for me No one sees the tears of a clown But me It feels as cold as ice I've learned to pay the price I am the servant Of your pleasure And my deceit But what else could I be This lie is part of me I stumble through the night And fall into a dream Where my life is Not a charade No pretender that I am No insidious masquerade