Berlin — Masquerade

The painted faces on the street Caricatures of long ago Oh, they were young and oh so sweet Down beyond the boulevard Knock on doors and empty halls And still sometimes remember The masquerade's forever (The masquerade's forever) When you see the price they paid I'm sure you'll come and join the masquerade The reeling figures pass on by Like ghosts in some forgotten play Beneath the black and empty sky Music plays, and figures dance With partners chosen by chance And still sometimes remember The masquerade's forever (The masquerade's forever) They reached for tomorrow But tomorrow's more of the same And so they reached for tomorrow But tomorrow never came When you hear the price they paid I'm sure you'll come and join the masquerade When you hear the price they paid You'll come join the masquerade One by one and two by two Past eight by tens in shattered frames The players try to leave the room Frantic puppets on a string And all the while the music sings And still sometimes remember The masquerade's forever (The masquerade's forever) When you hear the price they paid I'm sure you'll come and join the masquerade (The masquerade's forever) When you see, oooh oh When you hear the price they paid I'm sure you'll come and join the masquerade (The masquerade's forever) When you see, yeah, yeah, join the masquerade When you hear the price they paid I'm sure you'll come and join the masquerade (The masquerade's forever) When you see, see, yeah, yeah, join When you hear the price they paid I'm sure you'll come and join the masquerade (The masquerade's forever) When you see, yeah, join the masque, masquerade When you hear the price they paid I'm sure you'll come and join the masquerade (The masquerade's forever) You see, yeah, join the masquerade When you hear the price they paid I'm sure you'll come and join the masquerade (The masquerade's forever) When you see, yeah, join the masquerade When you hear the price they paid I'm sure you'll come and join the masquerade (The masquerade's forever) When you see, oh When you hear the price they paid I'm sure you'll come and join the masquerade (The masquerade's forever) When you see... When you hear the price they paid I'm sure you'll come and join the masquerade (The masquerade's forever)