Facade - Ensemble

Written by：LESLIE BRIC

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

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