Take the Mask Off

Morning train Everybody scrolling Dead eyes glowing Nobody noticing A man in a suit says "We care for the people" Then cuts another job Before the week is over A woman online Talking love and light Then screaming in the kitchen Every single night Everybody acting Everybody selling Everybody terrified Of who they are without it You can feel it In the air Nobody honest Nobody there TAKE THE MASK OFF TAKE THE MASK OFF Who are you When nobody claps? TAKE THE MASK OFF TAKE THE MASK OFF Who are you When the room goes quiet? Politicians shouting Like children in a fight News feeds feeding Anger every night Managers talking About mental health While everybody breaking Trying to protect their wealth A father drinks silence In front of the TV A son learns hiding Becomes masculinity Everybody wounded Everybody performing Everybody pointing At somebody else You can feel it Everywhere Everybody talking Nobody there TAKE THE MASK OFF TAKE THE MASK OFF Who are you When nobody claps? TAKE THE MASK OFF TAKE THE MASK OFF Who are you When the room goes quiet? I blamed the world I blamed the system I blamed the greed I blamed religion Then one night The mirror hit me I saw the same fear Living inside me The same performance The same addiction The same small hunger For validation Take it off Take it off Take it off No role No script No act No shield TAKE THE MASK OFF TAKE THE MASK OFF The prison door Was never locked TAKE THE MASK OFF TAKE THE MASK OFF Nobody's coming To save us from ourselves Everybody screaming freedom While begging to belong