This Masquerade
Music and Lyrics: Leon Russel
Original lyrics and music by Noa and Gil Dor
Well the rain is falling
And the hour is late
She will sit by her window, turn the light out and wait
She knows her heart’s playing fool’s gamed with her mind, but she swallows the pain
Again follows, follows the lie,
She’s been noticing all that smell in his hair
And the look in his eye
Unfamiliar his glare
The well known signs,
The snap in her mind!
At a quarter to three he arrives
And she says:
Are we really happy here with this lonely game we play
Looking for words to say
Searching but not finding
Understanding anyway
We’re lost in a masquerade
Both afraid to say we’re just too far away
From being close together from the start
We try to talk it over, but the words get in the way
We’re lost inside
This lonely game we play
(could it be so, could it be, we’re lost?)
So they sit face to face on a table of snow
And her tears like the rain in the gutter below
Take off your mask, pretty baby,
Is it worth all the doubt?
‘cause after years we don’t know what we’re loving about.. and he says
Thoughts of leaving disappear every time I see your eyes
No matter how hard, no matter how hard, I try
To understand the reasons why we carry on this way, tell me, why do we do it babe, we’re lost
In a masquerade
Both afraid to say we’re just too far away
From being close together from the start
We try to talk it over, but the words get in the way
We’re lost
Inside
This lonely game we play
(could it be so, could it be, we’re lost?)
It’s 12:15 on a Saturday noon
With the flower he left and a sorrowful tune
As she walks to the door
Fells a tickle of pride
Better to be alone
Than wither at his side
And she goes out!