Mickey Brady Poet Lyric

Mask - Lyrics

So many people alive this age

                             So few are true today

Living their lives upon the stage

                             Acting out their foolish play

Some the mask of courage

          Still others mimic the mime

To better hide their hidden rage

          Their mask grows heavy in time

          Mask oh… Mask tell me

                             Why do you hide?

                   It must be awful lonely

                             Lonely on the other side…

                                      Please oh…please

                                                Won’t you come out to play

                                      I’d love to see your beauty

                                                Won’t you throw your mask away

Pain within… Peace without

          Eyes that smiles can’t hide

Why the fear… Why the doubt

          Senseless human pride

Mask oh… Mask tell me

                             What do you hide?

                   It must be awful scary

                             Scary on the other side…

                   Please oh…please

                                                Won’t you come out to stay

                                      God don’t make mistakes

                                                Don’t you hide yourself this way

Plaster mask lay shattered

          In pieces on the ground.

Many actors scattered

By the light my eyes have found

Mask oh… Mask tell me

                             Why did I hide?

                   Life is now worth living

                             living on the other side…

                                      Please oh…please

                                                Won’t you help me I pray

                                      To see and feel my beauty

                                                You know ….

                                                                   God made me this way

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Marcia Walton March 4, 2014 at 9:58 AM Sigh...Mickey I love your style of writing. I love your construction...evoking so many emotions in me with piece. This is really good! Mickey Brady March 4, 2014 at 10:41 AM Gratitude Marcia. I have recently begun to write and frankly, I am a bit unsure of my natural style. I read what gets published and am discouraged by what is seen as "great" poetry. So much of it seems disjointed and nonsensical to me. I am left feeling that my writing is a bit juvenile or... It gives hope to have a poet of your caliber admire it.