Der Startschuss des Albums. Wenn dir keiner zuhört, dreh lauter. Ein Statement über Bühne, Maske und die Angst, nur das zu sein, was andere sehen.
(Lights cut, no applause)
A voice through broken speakers
"They made you something —
now try to live without it"
Came down dressed like something bright
All eyes on you, you felt like light
Every move already planned
Every pose they'd understand
Painted face, a perfect lie
Sell it once, it multiplies
Every cheer rewrites your name
Till you don't know who you became
They see you
but they don't
They love you
but they won't
Play it loud
till it drowns what's underneath
Every sound
just another way to breathe
If I'm only what they see
Then there's nothing left of me
Turn it up, don't let it end
I don't know who I've been
Backstage mirrors bending truth
Every version not quite you
Hands still shaking from the noise
Silence feels like losing choice
They don't want you when it's real
Only when you disappear
Into something they can praise
Into something they can save
They need you
just like this
A perfect
empty fix
Play it loud
till it drowns what's underneath
Every sound
just another way to breathe
If I'm only what they see
Then there's nothing left of me
Turn it up, don't let it end
I don't know who I've been
Mask on
lights on
stay where you belong
Fade out
black out
still you hear the crowd
Do you hear it when it's gone
That ringing that goes on and on
Like you never really left
Like you're trapped inside the set
If I stop, do I exist
Or am I just noise that hits
For a moment, then it dies
Leaving nothing but the lights
Play it loud
till I lose what's underneath
Every sound
taking pieces out of me
If I'm only what they see
Then erase what used to be
Turn it up, don't let it end
Let me be it once again
"You don't land…
you just fade."