Facade

There's a face that we wear in the cold light of day

It's society's mask, it's society's way

And the truth is that it's all a facade

There's a face that we hide till the night time appears

And what's hiding inside behind all of our fears

Is our true self locked inside the facade

Everyday

People in their own sweet way

Like to add a coat of paint

And be what they ain't!

That's how our little game is played

Living like a masquerade

Acting a bizarre charade

While playing the saint!

But there's one thing I know, and I know it for sure

This disease that we've got has got no ready cure

And I'm certain life is terribly hard

When your life's a facade!

Look around you, I have found

You cannot tell by looking at the surface

What is lurking there beneath it

See that face now I'm prepared to bet you

What you see's not what you get

Cause man's a master of deceit!

So what is this sinister secret?

The lie he will tell you is true?

It's that each man you meet on the street isn't one man but two

Nearly everyone you see like him and her and you and me

Pretends to be a pillar of society

A model of propriety, sobriety and piety

Who shudders at the thought of notoriety

The ladies and gents here before you

Which none of them ever admits

May have saintly looks, but they're sinners and crooks

Hypocrites! Hypocrites!

There are preachers who kill, there are killers who preach

There are teachers who lie, there are liars who teach

Take your pick, dear

Cause it's all a facade!

If we're not one but two, are we evil or good?

Do we walk the fine line that we'd cross if we could?

Are we waiting

To break through the facade?

One or two might look kinda well to do

Hah! They're as bad as me and you right down to their, right down to their boots

I'm inclined to think half mankind

Thinks the other half is blind

Wouldn't be surprised to find

They're all in cahoots

At the end of the day, they don't mean what they say

They don't say what they mean, they don't ever come clean

And their answer is it's all a facade!

Is it's all a facade

Man is not one but two, he is evil and good

And he walks the fine line we'd all cross if we could

It's a nightmare we can never discard

So we stay on our guard though we love the facade

What's behind the facade?

Look behind

The facade