A Gilded Masquerade - Alesana

As the water drips from the sky I start to wander

If I’m still alive then I have to find the answer

Could it be that it was a dream and I’m still beside her?

Right before my eyes a tragic surprise, the water stops

Wickedness will rain and drown us in her sorrow and her thirst

If I hope to survive I must think faster, I’m losing ground

Should I pull back the veil?

You had the best of me, now taste the worst

All that glimmers is not gold

I may be wrong but your brilliance is my darkness

You had me convinced that together we could fly

Until I started scratching at the surface and I saw beyond your masquerade

Your body is an illness

Temples crashing down all around me, panic chokes the streets

The golden city falls and with it our lives go up in flames

Should I pull back the veil?

You had the best of me, now taste the worst

All that glimmers is not gold

I may be wrong but your brilliance is my darkness

You had me convinced that together we could fly

Until I started scratching at the surface and I saw beyond your masquerade

Your body is an illness

(All shall be made clear

We’ve been watching you wander)

My blood runs cold

(There's no need to run farther)

I fear I know the truth

(Come into our arms, brother)

I tear back the cowl and stare into my own eyes

(Now we can be one forever)

Who are you?

Who are you?

Who are you?

(Yeah!)

(Hey, hey, hey, hey!)

I pull back the veil

You had the best of me, now taste the worst

All that glimmers is not gold

I may be wrong but your brilliance is my darkness

You had me convinced that together we could fly

Until I started scratching at the surface and I saw beyond your masquerade

Your body is an illness and I’m sickened by the thought of you

I may never be the same again, I may never be the same again