The Masquerade Is Over (Live) - Keith Jarrett

(...Go Mossy, come on Mossy...) When the war is over got to get away Pack my bags to no place in no time no day You and I we used each other's shoulder Still so young but somehow so much older How can I go home and not get blown away You and I had our sights set on something Hope this doesn't mean our days are numbered 'Cause I've got plans for more than a wanted man All around this chaos and madness Can't help feeling nothing more than sadness Only choice to face it the best I can When the war is over got to start again Try to hold a trace of what it was back then You and I we used each other's story Just a page I'm lost in all it's glory And how can I go home and not get blown away Ain't nobody gonna steal this heart away (no no no no) Ain't nobody gonna steal this heart away (oh, this heart away) Ain't nobody gonna steal this heart away (nobody gonna steal) Ain't nobody gonna steal this heart away Ain't nobody gonna steal this heart away (no no no) Ain't nobody gonna steal this heart away Thank you

Had enough, I've really had enough Had enough of denial I'm not alright but I'm not gonna lie I don't know that I ever was All alone, I've waited, all alone Held it in as I played by your rules I've been biting my lip But I'm losing my grip I'm coming down, down, down When all the hate burns off I'm left here with the pain Behind our vain devices Are we all the same? Change me into something I believe in Change me so I don't have to pretend Take a breath and try to play along But I'm a terrible liar I feel the world like a brick on my chest And the party's just begun Throw the rope I'm wading Through the mud From your mouth flow a thousand truths But you know There's only one When all the hate burns off I'm left here with the pain Change me into something I believe in Change me so I don't have to pretend Sweet words, they mean nothing, they're not true 'Cause the game is over I want it all or I want nothing at all Maybe I can Change me into something I believe in Change me so I don't have to pretend Your sweet words, they mean nothing, save your breath The game is over

Once upon a time I was the scribe of all my dreams I ve seen the years turn into dust, now feel the rust in me I ve walked the shores of Avalon, I ve seen the seasons change I ve laughed and cried, I ve lived and died, but only on the page Now all I have, all I am All I ever was is here, on the page It s all the same, it never mattered anyway It s all a lie so let it burn All empty words and all rhymes will fade As the light of last candle flickers away If the story is over, this chapter my last Let it be my best one, let it be my own I hope it s not too late to learn to live and learn to love I yearn to fight, to turn the tide before the tender dark For I never drew the sword from stone, there s no Helen in my Troy I stand alone, I stand forgotten, just gazing into the void Come night, test my will, test my soul Test my faith and test my heart, torn apart Make me strong, make me whole again and Guide through the dark til the morning comes All empty words and all rhymes will fade As the light of last candle flickers away If the story is over, this chapter my last Let it be my best one, let it be my own All empty words and all rhymes will fade As the light of last candle flickers away If the story is over, this chapter my last Let it be my best one, let it be my own All empty words and all rhymes will fade As the light of last candle flickers away If the story is over, this chapter my last Let it be my best one, let it be my own