Letra de Façade

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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!