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Masks

from The Dragon by Geha

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Sung by Queen Everil and the ensemble during the royal masquerade that opens the show.

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There’s an expectation when you first walk in the room
Overt adoration, but you should not assume
That it’s dedication, cause they’re all quick to resume
The perpetuation of who’s impressing whom

There’s a premeditation in every word and every glare
And sly usurpation, though you’re never sure from where
But the cauterization has made you quite prepared
To fake toleration of this pained, unfair affair

Get run over if you sit on the road
So you just keep moving, try to do like your told
But the more you hold on, the more you start to implode
And you feel your soul about to be sold

There’s a constant temptation to say what’s on your mind
And exasperation with pretending to be kind
But you’ve had education, and in faking you’re refined
Your real motivation has been all but left behind

Get run over if you sit on the road
So you just keep moving, try to do like your told
But the more you hold on, the more you start to implode
And you feel your soul about to be sold

And so we wear our masks

Our masks are the things that we wear when we’re scared
That the world’s gonna get too close
And so we’re closing Off our heart to the hurt that we’d suffer from another
And the undermining blather we’re pretending really matters

The mask keeps us safe and secure cause we’re sure
That Nobody’s gonna dig too deep
And though we wanna be bold and upend the offending old tradition, just The risk we’d be taking feels like failure in the making

So we do like we’re told
And no one tries to be bold
We just stay on the road
Pray that nothing explodes

There’s an expectation, but we’re all too scared to ask
So for fortification I just hide behind my mask

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from The Dragon, released July 24, 2015

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Geha New York, New York

Andrew Geha is an award-winning playwright and theater teacher who has worked at Friends Academy, a Quaker school in Locust Valley, NY, since 2001.

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