マスカレード

Lyrics by Issay
Translation by Lola

It is the heart that wanders
Tragically entangled in a masquerade
Where it is anyone who can be a Pierrot
That puts on a show of tears and laughter, swayed by a lie

Beneath the mask
He sings, frightened
For Pierrot has lost his shadow
So he staggers around while he pretends to play the fool

Within a passing trail of blue smoke
He dances with his ever retreating shadow
While in a passing bouquet of flowers
He clings to a fading memory

Search for that face you long for
Within the broken mirror
The one you have repressed deep inside
Reflect on that bared heart that is kept hidden

Fill that empty bottle
With your sighs
Then toss it out the window
And show me the thoughts you have begun to find fault with

Grieve now at a passing smile
Laugh at distant tears
Yesterday will pass
While you hold to a far off tomorrow

Notes: Translated March 5, 2013.