FAçADE
One of my friends told me to watch a musical, a real, broadway musical, not High School Musical. So, I went to YouTube to watch one of her favorites, Jekyll and Hyde. One of the songs really hit me, and that was Façade. It reminded me of life in Florida, somewhat. I know you might think I'm a pansy, but really, all the people around here are either vain, untrustworthy or just plain dumb. They pretend their some one special, but really, their just like everyone else.
Not that everyone's like that... sorry. I'm just saying the vast majority... So here it is...
FAçADE
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 façade!
There's a face that we hide
Till the nighttime appears,
And what's hiding inside,
Behind all of our fears,
Is our true self,
Locked inside the façade!
Every day
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,
Livin' like a masquerade
Actin' 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 façade!
Look around you!
I have found
You cannot tell, by lookin' at the surface,
What is lurkin' 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 the sinister secret?
The lie he will tell you is true? -
It's that each man you meet
In the street
Isn't one man but two!
Nearly everyone you see -
Like him an' her,
An' you, an' me -
Pretends to be
A pillar of society -
A model for propriety -
Sobriety
An' piety -
Who shudders at the thought
Of notoriety!
The ladies an' gents 'ere before you -
Which none of 'em ever admits -
May 'ave saintly looks -
But they're sinners an' crooks!
Hypocrites!
Hypocrites!
There are preachers who kill!
There are killers who preach!
There are teachers who lie!
There are liars who teach!
Take yer pick, dear -
"Cause it's all a façade!
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 façade?
One or two
Might look kinda well-to-do -
Hah! They're bad as me an' you,
Right down they're boots!
I'm inclined to think -
Half mankind
Thinks the other half is blind!
Wouldn't be surprise 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 the answer -
Is it's all a façade!
Is it's all a façade!
Man is not one, but two,
He is evil and good,
An' 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 façade -
What's behind the façade?
Look behind the façade!
If you live around here,
You need cash in the bank,
'Cause the houses 'round here
Are all flashy and swank,
An' the front bit
Is what's called a façade!
If you live around here,
You need lots of panache!
If you live in town, dear,
Then you must cut a dash!
'Tisn't hard, dear,
To create a façade!
Here tonight it's festive -
But the guests are getting restive -
'Cause the guest of honour's
Causing a dilemma!
It's the pit of the Earth -
Where you won't find a friend -
Where yer life 'as no worth -
Death is waiting -
Fate is makin' yer card.
You got one chance in five -
They're the odds you must beat
If you wanna survive -
So be fast on yer feet!
Life's 'ard 'ere -
It's the devil's backyard!
If you live around here,
Lotsa people, I fear,
Will make promises
They will not honour, my dear,
An' the truth is,
You end up getting scarred!
There's a beast at the door,
An' he's wild an' he's free,
But we don't let him in,
'Cause we don't want to see
what is lurking
Right behind the façade!
There's a beast at the door
And he's wild and free!
But we don't let him in,
'Cause we don't want to see -
What is lurking right behind the façade!
Man is not one, but two!
He is evil and good!
And he walks the fine line
That he'd cross, if he could,
He's just waiting...!
(( Yeah, I know it's long... But, this is the reprises too... ))
 Lil EmoPanda · Mon Dec 22, 2008 @ 09:53pm · 0 Comments |
