- words by Leif My dad always kept a "mask & bauble" on the wall, the two stage masks of tragedy and comedy, because he felt it represented the full spectrum of human experience. This song comes from that idea, but was also inspired by popular religion's inability to explain or to cope with the realities of human nature.
The pain contains me The depths caress me Dissatisfied the years pass by And leave behind a wasted life Enjoy the sin before denial sets in Where pleasure ends guilt begins At times to fly or cursed to crawl From cradle to grave I'll see it all