027 The Plastic Rite
Lyrics
we used to run with faces open wide
kids breathing free, no secrets to hide
friends laughed real, no need for disguise
under that endless, forgiving sky
but growing up's a quiet, careful art
one by one, they learned to play the part
they mold the clay, they shape the grin
the plastic rite pulls everyone in
i was the outsider, always out of step
thought i was broken, the only one left
watching the world in their sunday best
polite and perfect, passing every test
but then i saw it - the truth so slow
they'd all put it on long, long ago
i liked it at first, the gentle charade
the way they forgave, the smiles they gave
stay fake, stay sweet - i whispered low
better not to know, better not to know
then came the fight, the heat of the day
words turned to knives in the usual way
your mask slipped just a fraction, a crack
a flash of rage, a shadow pulling back
i glimpsed the void, the beast underneath
the rot you hide, the hollow, empty teeth
i saw the rage behind the grin
cold, dead stare - the rot within
the jagged truth you bury deep
the beast wrapped in plastic sheet
i can't unsee it now, it's carved in me
the empty space where your soul should be
every smile a warning sign
every i'm fine another lie
we were kids once, faces bare and true
the ritual changed us, slow and sure
turned honest faces into something pure
but purity's a mask, a careful lie
and i've seen what hides behind your eyes
now the cracks are all i see, and i can't let go
so please don't take it off
keep the kindness wrapped like second skin
i'm terrified of what's waiting within
stay beautiful, stay fake, stay sweet
don't let the real thing tear me apart
no, don't take it off
be the perfect actor just for me
don't take it off
never let me see
stay fake stay sweet stay fake stay sweet
don't take it off don't take it off
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