Empty Masquerade

I walk from bar to bar, from street to street

I walk on my tired feet

And I feel as restless as only a lonely wanderer can be

I keep on walking but I know I'll never find home

Because there's nowhere here, nowhere here that's my own

That's my own

I try to remember how it feels to be alive

And I realize that I forgot what that's like

I've been feeling dead here for so long, that's true

I've been feeling dead and numb and dark and blue

And dark and blue

But now I want to hide from this hot sun

I want to find some cool shade

Living out here has been nothing but an empty masquerade

And you may find me down the road in that little old street cafe

As I'm sobering up bit by bit after

Checking out from this fool's parade

This empty masquerade

And maybe I'm scared of wanting, wanting too much

And maybe I'm scared of not, not being enough

But it's a fear that I must beat

It's a challenge I must meet

It's a choice that I must make

It's a road that I must take

A road that I must take

And now I want to hide from this hot sun

I want to find some cool shade

Living out here has been nothing but an empty masquerade

And you may find me down the road in that little old street cafe

As I'm sobering up bit by bit after

Checking out from this fool's parade

This empty masquerade

This empty masquerade

This empty masquerade

This empty masquerade