The Man With No Eyes Collection (3): Mask
When the curtain rises, all is forgiven.
I’ll brush it all off with a movie-star smile,
A genuine laugh, but my eyes must be hidden,
The truth they contain is considered too vile.
My voice is a song that will play through your ears,
And invite आप to dance to the sound of my tune,
I take a bow, deeply, and drink in your cheers,
I’ll always remain here,
You’ll come see me soon.
A new दिन is dawning,
“Quick, put on your mask!”
And hurry outside, meet the crowd.
“Where’ve आप been?”
With fanciful जवाब to all that आप ask,
I’ll always wait here for you,
Come back again.
I’ll serve आप a tale wrapped in shiny embellishments,
A story I’m certain you’ll never forget,
My task’s to perform, and yours is to relish it,
Through this, we can bond,
Though आप don’t know me yet.
Still, I’ll leave आप blind in your own admiration,
The glow of the stage, all that’s left at the end,
There is one और name for it - exaggeration.
I can’t help but lie to you,
My dearest friend.
So the curtains will part, as I don my disguise,
You’ll watch me with wide eyes that shine like the moon,
The attention from आप is what keeps me alive,
I’ll always remain here,
Please, come see me soon.
This one's the longest so far. I really try and take the ideas of "mask" and "performance" and engage the audience with a fanciful and rhythmic way of speaking, while दिखा रहा है the cracks of reality underneath.
When the curtain rises, all is forgiven.
I’ll brush it all off with a movie-star smile,
A genuine laugh, but my eyes must be hidden,
The truth they contain is considered too vile.
My voice is a song that will play through your ears,
And invite आप to dance to the sound of my tune,
I take a bow, deeply, and drink in your cheers,
I’ll always remain here,
You’ll come see me soon.
A new दिन is dawning,
“Quick, put on your mask!”
And hurry outside, meet the crowd.
“Where’ve आप been?”
With fanciful जवाब to all that आप ask,
I’ll always wait here for you,
Come back again.
I’ll serve आप a tale wrapped in shiny embellishments,
A story I’m certain you’ll never forget,
My task’s to perform, and yours is to relish it,
Through this, we can bond,
Though आप don’t know me yet.
Still, I’ll leave आप blind in your own admiration,
The glow of the stage, all that’s left at the end,
There is one और name for it - exaggeration.
I can’t help but lie to you,
My dearest friend.
So the curtains will part, as I don my disguise,
You’ll watch me with wide eyes that shine like the moon,
The attention from आप is what keeps me alive,
I’ll always remain here,
Please, come see me soon.
This one's the longest so far. I really try and take the ideas of "mask" and "performance" and engage the audience with a fanciful and rhythmic way of speaking, while दिखा रहा है the cracks of reality underneath.
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One lonely sunday afternoon
I sit in my chamber and have nothing to do
My प्यार is far away
I wonder if (s)he's already forgotten me
So I sadly watch the sky
See the raindrops passing by
One looonely sunday afternooon...
One looonely sunday afternoon
One lonely sunday afternoon
I'm even as my फूल still out of bloom
I find some old photos, covered with dust
I cannot forget आप although I know that I must
So I sadly let them fly
And this time I have to cry
One looonely sunday afternooon...
One looonely sunday afternoon
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आप seek for spark of hope.
Your life held by
darkness thoughts,
anchor is
some place else.
Bad luck follows आप
like a hook,
won't let आप go,
won't leave आप alone.
आप smile today,
and cry whole eternity,
like that's your fate,
disturbing thoughts
to lie inside of you,
to take away everything
that आप hope for.
Devil is calling your name,
leaves आप not,
आप don't see the एंजल on
your shoulder,
trying to give आप a strength.
आप long for life
that आप don't know of,
आप seek for peace,
trying to get away
from misty forest
that stains your heart
into black.