The Mask Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em]

[Verse 1]
Yo it's [Em]a frostbite world,
all of them are looking fi
protect themselves
Make sure no one fi see
this soreness dwells
When they can't tell,
you covered it well
He's got a secret,
keeps a decoy [Bm]hidden
when you [G]check it
You'd [Em]ex pect it's where t[G]he X is
but he [Em]knows just how to X it
You read his poker face
and underneath you saw sincerity
He told a symphony of tales
and all you heard's the melody
Successfully mastered the laws
[Bm]of hiding his [G]identity
Like [Em]how to lie acceptably
and disrespect respectfully
Fine but now he sees the reasons
people change like seasons
Cause the saints that he believed in
learnt to cover up the demons
Now he's weaving through a crowd
of aces [C]equally ad[G]ept
Who'd [C]all reveal them[Em]selves
if it was something they'd accept
Now they reach into their
pockets
like something is gonna stop it
But human insecurity
is how you make a profit
Now he's got it to a T
all the roles he has to [G]play
And [Am]he's changing with [G]the days,
work to [C]family, to [Em]mates
And I catch him every now and then,
he hits me with a smack
When I look into the mirror,
I've seen a stranger looking back
Look at his [Esus4]mug
He [Em]wears it so [E]well[G][Em]
Look at her [Esus4]mug
She wears [Em]it so we[E]ll[G]
I [G#dim]must have been 19, [Em]nice jeans,
cooler than some ice cream
[C]Confident with girls,
I [G]knew how to say the right thing
[Asus4]But I never told the sorrow
that I [Am]held within
[G#m]With a grin that was fixed on
with safety pins
[Em]But the nights, the nights were incredible
The [C]opposite of celibate,
getting drunk for [G]the hell of it
[Asus4]Girls tiptoe with high heels
out his residence
But [G#m]take a closer look in his eyes,
you'll see the evidence
[Em]At first glance, he's five foot ten
With [C]a smile that disarms
and a whole bunch [G]of friends
[Asus4]At second glance
everything's not what [A]it seems
And he [G#m]hides behind his smile,
but he's breaking at [E]the seams
And [Em]it seems too much
to be true
to what is shown
And no [C]matter who you do take home,
[G]you feel alone
[Am]So I put this mask on,
there's my way to cope
[G#m]But I'm hoping that one day I won't
[E]Look [Em]at his mom,
[Asus4]he wears it so wel[Am]l[G#dim][Em]
Look at her [C]mo [Em]m, sh[Asus4]e wears it so well[A][G#dim][Em][Edim]
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[G][Asus4][Em]
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[Asus4]I don't[Esus4][G#dim]
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[Asus4][D][Esus4][G#dim]
[G]I'l[G#dim]l see you[Em] in the peace[G][G][Asus4][G][Asus4]
Thank you for watching.