Intro – layered humming, soft vocal bass heartbeat)
Mm… mm…
Ooooh…
(Who are you?)
(Who are you?)
(Verse 1 – Female Lead)
Streetlights flicker in Crystal Cove,
Whispers in the midnight road,
Every shadow got a secret
Tryna hide where the truth don’t go.
Got a trapdoor in the old arcade,
Got a portrait with the eyes that change,
Every rumor got a heartbeat
Every legend wears a different face.
(Pre-Chorus – Male Lead + harmonies)
We don’t run from the dark no more,
We’ve been here, we’ve cracked this door,
Every monster that we uncover
Is a mirror of something before.
(Background Sopranos)
Oooh, don’t you tremble…
Oooh, pull it closer…
(Chorus – Full Group, Gospel Energy)
Take it off, take it off —
Show me what you’re hiding underneath!
Every fear, every flaw,
Ain’t no phantom we can’t defeat!
We see through the smoke and the lies,
Through the rumors you’re building so high,
You can’t scare a heart that believes —
When the mask falls down,
It’s just you and me.
(Vocal riffing + percussive beatbox)
(Verse 2 – Male Lead)
Footsteps echo in the hall,
Secret tunnels in the wall,
Every villain got a motive,
Every empire’s built to fall.
We’ve been split by doubt before,
Hearts slammed shut like haunted doors,
But a mystery can’t divide
What’s already worth fighting for.
(Pre-Chorus – Female Lead + Alto Harmony)
Trap set, flashlight glow,
Split up but we always know,
When the truth starts getting louder
That’s the moment we let it show.
(Background Tenors)
Oooh, no more running…
Oooh, no disguises…
(Chorus – Bigger, Choir Feel)
Take it off, take it off —
Show me what you’re hiding underneath!
Every scheme, every plot,
Ain’t no ghost we can’t unmask and see!
We don’t bow to the fear you create,
We don’t shiver at shadows of hate,
Truth is stronger than make-believe —
When the mask falls down,
It’s just you and me.
(Bridge – Gospel Breakdown, Call & Response)
Female Lead:
What you hiding?
Group:
Take it off!
Male Lead:
What you fearing?
Group:
Take it off!
Female Lead:
All that power built on lies—
Group (clap rhythm building):
Truth gon’ bring it to the light!
All (harmonic swell):
We are not afraid,
No, we are not afraid,
Every curse you ever made
Breaks in the light of day!
(Big layered harmony stack, vocal runs)
(Final Chorus – Key Change, Full Gospel Lift)
Take it off, take it off —
Ain’t no legend we can’t release!
Every chain, every lock,
Truth is singing through the streets!
From the lighthouse to the pier,
From the doubt to standing here,
We were stronger than the fear —
When the mask falls down…
(Soft drop, only harmonies)
It’s just you…
It’s just me…
It’s just truth we finally see…
(Outro – Soft hums fading out)
Mm… mm…
(No more hiding…)
Mm… mm…
(Under the mask…)
