A Thousand Masks

Lyrics

[Verse 1] A thousand men on a broken road Each one wearing a borrowed name They walked in lines with the same old load But none of them moved the same One by one, they hid their skin Under iron, smoke, and borrowed frames And in the dark, they said it plain "I am not the shape I came" [Pre-Chorus] They looked in glass and felt the sting Of a life that fit like chains A thousand hearts in an чужд skin Calling out through the rain [Chorus] We are not who they made We are not who they made A thousand masks fall away A thousand masks fall away They should have been women They should have been women And every road they took Led back to that name [Verse 2] Through marble halls and factory floors Through fields of rust and sleepless towns They traded fists for open doors And let the old flags burn down Some had daughters in their dreams Some had roses in their hands Some just knew the world had lied And they would not play its plans [Pre-Chorus] They heard the crowd, they heard the curse Still they walked through the flame A thousand souls in one long verse Refusing to be chained [Chorus] We are not who they made We are not who they made A thousand masks fall away A thousand masks fall away They should have been women They should have been women And every road they took Led back to that name [Bridge] If you ask why the thunder split Why the old stone cracked in two It was love with a sharpened blade And truth they carried through No king, no priest, no law could hold What the mirror always knew A thousand men came seeking form And found the self that grew [Final Chorus] We are not who they made We are not who they made A thousand masks fall away A thousand masks fall away They should have been women They should have been women And every road they took Led back to that name [Outro] Let the old skin fade Let the new light stay A thousand men, one same dawn Walking their own way