So many reasons why I'm drinkin' all the time
And it ain't no sin to drink when you're sufferin'
So many reasons why I said the last goodbye
And it ain't no easy to make any sense of it now
Graves don't count for nothin'
They're just painted black and white
Shadows are fallin' in the city lights
Yeah, this masquerade is leavin' for another town
I'm the phantom of the opera in this masquerade
Rollin' down
I was floatin' in the wind
Boy, don't ask me where I've been
Cause it ain't no sin to drift when you're sufferin'
I'm a mutineer at best
And my mind can't get no rest
Yeah, the bells are ringin' and I got a sin to confess
A hammer and a chisel
Against a marble block
If you were a diamond, I would be a rock
Yeah, this masquerade is leavin' for another town
I'm the phantom of the opera in this masquerade
We're goin' down
Winter storm and summer sun
I thought we were alike
Sweet tender kisses to the tickin' of a clock
Dead leaves in the fall
Darker every night
Shadows are fallin' in the city lights
Yeah, this masquerade is leavin' for another town
I'm the phantom of the opera in this masquerade
We're goin' down
Yeah, this masquerade is leavin' for another town
I'm the phantom of the opera in this masquerade
We're goin' down
Masquerade
Masquerade
There's a masquerade goin' down
Masquerade
Masquerade
I'm the phantom of the opera in this masquerade
We're goin' down