[Verse 1]
Silver suit in twilight, stepping out the door
Footsteps tracing patterns you’ve forgotten before
Distant conversations drift across the floor
Velvet in your laughter, blurred against the roar

[Pre-Chorus]
Paper crowns and cigarette smoke
Half a word, a sideways glance
Everyone believes the joke
No one wants to dance

[Chorus]
Shadow on the pavement, running out of time
Golden eyes are searching through the neon line
Lost inside a riddle that nobody can find
Change the conversation, leave the rest behind

[Post-Chorus]
Oh oh, just a masquerade
Oh oh, fading in the haze

[Verse 2]
Cigarettes and rumors circle in the air
Dancing with confusion but you never care
Mirrors on the ceiling, echoes in the grin
Hiding from your secrets wrapped beneath your skin

[Pre-Chorus]
You look away and smile so brittle
Your kingdom stands on crooked tiles
Secrets pass across the middle
All the while

[Chorus]
Shadow on the pavement, running out of time
Golden eyes are searching through the neon line
Lost inside a riddle that nobody can find
Change the conversation, leave the rest behind

[Post-Chorus]
Oh oh, just a masquerade
Oh oh, fading in the haze

[Bridge]
Silver rain on parquet floors
Your reflection’s running thin
Midnight leaks beneath the doors
Where every game begins

[Verse 3]
Standing in the framework, silhouettes collide
Trading painted glances, nowhere left to hide
Chasing fading signals, city in your eyes
Drifting through the static, slipping out of sight

[Pre-Chorus]
Crystal glasses, plastic laughter
You move just out of frame
Moments fill the space thereafter
No two days the same

[Chorus]
Shadow on the pavement, running out of time
Golden eyes are searching through the neon line
Lost inside a riddle that nobody can find
Change the conversation, leave the rest behind

[Post-Chorus]
Oh oh, just a masquerade
Oh oh, fading in the haze
