back to the masquerade
but you didn't have a mask on
what were you to do?
you searched around the room
frantically searching
searching and longing
longing and losing along the way

there was a girl
in a spider mask
EIGHT EYES
and you danced from across the room
weaving in and out of the faceless crowd
til she runs out
wearing your crown

and there was a boy who appeared
in the rusty dusty mirror
back and forth through the dance
(of the maddening shroud)
you peered in to the eye of the dream
(ahead of ourselves)
you were spun by your fear
(we've come too far too fast)
now you're following the silk threads
to your hiding place

so you go to the mantle
grab a candle to light the way
but distracted by the dream
there seems to be voices
across the water
voices singing softer than the stars
so shine on, oh moon of summer
shine on, shine on, shine on
oh moon of summer

shining off of the crown
at rest at the edge of the forest
left by the spider queene
so the game can begin

jeng jengy jengy jeng
now enchanted
now invited in
to play hide and seek
in the Forest of Acedia
where no one else can see
you've left the masquerade
you've left the masquerade

you're headed for the freaks
you're family of freaks
freaks are anyone who let themselves be seen
at the masquerade

pt. 2

joining the last full moon night of summer
the refugee hears voices from across the water
past the forest a fire is burning and people are singing
softer than the stars
he spots the crown
in the moon's damp glow
resting at the edge of the forest of Acedia
and from inside comes an enchanting tune

jeng jengy jeng jengy jeng jengy jeng
sounds the spider's sickly selfish song
so the game can begin
again in the dark of the forest
lit only by a candle and the glow from the fireflies
blinking and revealing the silk threads
leading to the place where the spider queene hides
where she weaves alone