Karaoké Masquerade Berlin

The painted faces on the street

Caricatures of long ago

Oh they were young and oh so sweet down beyond the boulevard

Knock on doors and empty halls and still sometimes remember

The masquerade's forever

When you see the price they paid

I'm sure you'll come and join the masquerade

The reeling figures pass on by like ghosts in some forgotten play

Beneath the black and empty sky music plays and figures dance

With partners chosen by chance

And still sometimes remember

The masquerade's forever

They reached for tomorrow but tomorrow's more of the same

So they reached for tomorrow but tomorrow never came

When you hear the price they paid

I'm sure you'll come and join the masquerade

When you hear the price they paid you'll come join the masquerade

One by one and two by two

Past eight by tens in shattered frames

The players try to leave the room

Frantic puppets on a string

And all the while the music sings and still sometimes remember

The masquerade's forever

When you hear the price they paid

I'm sure you'll come and join the masquerade

When you see

When you hear the price they paid

I'm sure you'll come and join the masquerade

Oh oh oh

When you see yeah I, I join

When you hear the price they paid

I'm sure you'll come and join the masquerade the masquerade

When you hear the price they paid

When you see, see yeah

I'm sure you'll come and join the masquerade

Yeah join, I

When you hear the price they paid

When you see and join the masque

I'm sure you'll come and join the masquerade

Masquerade

When you hear the price they paid

You see

I'm sure you'll come and join the masquerade

Yeah join the masquerade

When you hear the price they paid

When you see and join

I'm sure you'll come and join the masquerade the masquerade

When you hear the price they paid

When you

I'm sure you'll come and join the masquerade see oh oh oh

When you hear the price they paid

When you see and hear

I'm sure you'll come and join the masquerade