Lyric

I pin my smile in place

Like a silver brooch

You read my pretty face

But never what I hold

My gloves are clean and black

My laugh is dressed in gold

I spin the room around

And keep the bruise I own

Under the lace

There's a scratch in my name

Under the pose

There's a fire in rain

Blues beneath the mask

Blues beneath the mask

I dance, I don't confess

Blues beneath the mask

Blues beneath the mask

Blues beneath the mask

Kiss the shine on my lips

Miss the ache in my chest

Oh

The band plays sweet and slow

My heel taps out the truth

I lean into the dark

And let it lean on you

A glass leaves little rings

On linen, on my breath

I toast the man I was

Then bury him in jest

Under the lace

There's a scratch in my name

Under the pose

There's a fire in rain

Blues beneath the mask

Blues beneath the mask

I dance, I don't confess

Blues beneath the mask

Blues beneath the mask

Blues beneath the mask

Kiss the shine on my lips

Miss the ache in my chest

Oh

Let the curtain tremble

Let the trumpet moan

I wore my royal ruin

Like a second skin and bone

If you want the truth

Come closer than you dare

I'm the laugh in your glass

And the crack that lives there

Blues beneath the mask

Blues beneath the mask

I dance, I don't confess

Blues beneath the mask

Blues beneath the mask

Blues beneath the mask

Kiss the shine on my lips

Miss the ache in my chest

Oh

Blues beneath the mask

Blues beneath the mask

When the moon cuts through

You'll see what I hid

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