Born Without a Mask

Too lost to be found, is the hidden key
Of all that had frightened and puzzled me

Strangely crowned with clover and thorns
High on the downs of dawn

Fragrant of sinlessness and fresh start
Floats the lightless, deceitful and drawn
To don the pure its mask
As silence brims the hollow of this masque
Shall we outlast shall we outlast

For all you're near and silenced tear
It is the unspoken words you hear

Sincerity and falsity both were kind
And both were part of this heart of mine

Fragrant of sinlessness and fresh start
Floats the lightless, deceitful and drawn
To don the pure its mask
As silence brims the hollow of this masque
Shall we outlast shall we outlast

Born, we were born without a mask
And reborn and reborn and reborn

Taking measure of all we've lost
We'll pay the price despite the cost