you wear a smile to gloss over all the shame dolled up like a decoration just a guile all for show to entertain you're a walled up aberration
prechorus: til you abandon this facade underneath it's all a fraud
chorus: you're slave to the succession to make a good impression obsession it's the truth that you've denied it's killing you there's no place left to hide so how long can you keep it all inside elaborate deception
verse 2: you bear a rose conceal the dagger up your sleeve until the plan's set into motion been coerced to feel you're brainwashed to believe trust betrayed misplaced devotion
prechorus 2: the wool's been pulled over your eyes misled under the guise