Masks Video (MV)

I don't wanna say it's your fault
But it's the path you chose to walk
Shouldn't have kept close to the dark
To anybody listening, here's food for thought

I pull it down over my eyes
This mask
I can't control all of its lies
I can't remember how to survive
With no disguise, but still I keep on
Trying
I pull it down over my eyes
This mask
I can't control all of its lies
I can't remember how to survive
With no disguise, but still I keep on
Trying

Throw a smile on everyday
That's obsession
And if my math is correct
Then it's bad protection
I'd rather be a mess
Than just answer questions
There's a vast selection
Here in my mask collection
Never let them see you sweat
Never let them redirect
Be whatever they need
Never let them see the rest
Never let up, be the best
Every time you breathe a breath
It better be relieving stress
Either that or be depressed
Alive and we're miserable
Disguised individuals
Hiding what's inside
Til it's highly invisible
Now we're takin dives
And then rising in intervals
But every time
Still thrive when it's critical
Mind over physical
Blind to the visual
Time for a pivotal
Climb from residual
Confines you don't typically
Find in the literal
You gotta have faith
Mine's indivisible

I pull it down over my eyes
This mask
I can't control all of its lies
I can't remember how to survive
With no disguise, but still I keep on
Trying
I pull it down over my eyes
This mask
I can't control all of its lies
I can't remember how to survive
With no disguise, but still I keep on
Trying

People's understanding is based on perception
In a day and age where face to face impressions
Are based off deception
Way off direction
We face off with weapons
And chase off affection
Erase all connection
Everyone I see
Looking back at me is looking just the same
No exception
Pay no attention
As long as they know
Their barricade is well attended
Alienate, protection
Confusion, rejection
Bruises, aggression
Views & projections
Losing respect
Just a huge interception
Moves that we're destined
And moods that were messed up
By boos from the skeptics
Half of my life is half gone
Still I travel this path with the mask on
Cry later laugh on
Sometimes it doesn't last long
Nobody is that strong
Everybody with a bright future has some past wrongs

I pull it down over my eyes
This mask
I can't control all of its lies
I can't remember how to survive
With no disguise, but still I keep on
Trying
I pull it down over my eyes
This mask
I can't control all of its lies
I can't remember how to survive
With no disguise, but still I keep on
Trying

They ask me if I'm happy
If I'm actually fine
What's it matter if I'm not though
Back to the grind
Another chapter you can add to the spine
Just a matter of time
Til I redraft the design
And recapture my prime
I'm after what's mine
Still masking the cries
With laughs all the time
And the fact is that my
Prerogative
Is to still build positive
But I've got this voice in the back of my mind saying

I don't wanna say it's your fault
But it's the path that you chose to walk
Shouldn't have kept close to the dark
To anybody's listening
Ah!
I don't wanna say it's your fault
But it's the path that you chose to walk
Shouldn't have kept close to the dark
To anybody's listening here's food for thought
And I don't wanna say it's your fault
But it's the path that you chose to walk
Shouldn't have kept close to the dark
To anybody's listening here's food for thought