Masks(2005 Digital Remaster) - Van Der Graaf Generator

Masks (2005 Digital Remaster) - Van Der Graaf Generator
Written by：Peter Hammi
He's a man of the past and one of the present
A man who hides behind a mask behind a mask
A clown a fool believing it cool to be down
Or that the game is all about who laughs the last
So he tells all his problems to his friends and relations
Exposes his neuroses to their view
They accept as fact every masochistic mumble of his act
But how could they know what was false and what was true
Sometimes when he wakes
He feels he's walked into a dream
But all it takes
To remind him things are what they seem
Is the belief that the man behind the mask can really dance
Pirouetting smile
He feels himself cavorting
Pierrot for a while
Before aborting
To find relief in the shelter of the dark most telling mask
After all the pantomimes are ended
He peels all the make up off his face
To reveal beneath the tears running all down his cheeks
Alone he opens to the world but it's much too late
He's been left in the end without a face