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Masquerade

A Japanese track where the group's desire gets tangled up in a costume of lies.

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A Japanese track where the group's desire gets tangled up in a costume of lies.

The lyric treats the masquerade not as a game but as a kind of prison the singer built himself.

When he sings 'I need you I miss you' right after naming the mask, it sounds less like a confession and more like a fact he's tired of carrying.

Editor's note

2PM's Masquerade and the mask you can't remove

A Japanese track where the group's desire gets tangled up in a costume of lies.

Itsuwari no kamen de kokoro kakusanai de

The lyric treats the masquerade not as a game but as a kind of prison the singer built himself. When he sings 'I need you I miss you' right after naming the mask, it sounds less like a confession and more like a fact he's tired of carrying.

The phrase 'Itsuwari no kamen de kokoro kakusanai de' holds the whole tension. It's not just wearing a mask; it's admitting the mask isn't working, that the heart keeps spilling out anyway. That pressure to pretend, and the failure to do it cleanly, is what the song can't shake.

It's the central contradiction: the lie is supposed to cover everything, but here the heart refuses to stay hidden. That failure is where the song lives.

The way 'Dance Dance Dance' cuts into 'Zankoku na itami', 'cruel pain', feels like the beat itself is part of the act, something you move to even when it hurts.

edit_note Ethan Walker · LyroVerse team · Apr 16
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the pull of "I need you I miss you" the pull of "Itsuwari no kamen de kokoro kakusanai de" the pull of "Dance Dance Dance"
Lyrics

Masquerade

The lyric stays readable and compact here; the note and related paths sit nearby so you do not lose the song while looking for context.

Why hikareau? U&I

Magire mo naku GIRUTI

If motto hayaku deattetara…

Tomerarenai A desire

Masquerade konna ni mo I need you I miss you

Kimi wo Day and night motomete shimau

Itsuwari no kamen de kokoro kakusanai de Dance Dance Dance

Zankoku na itami Masquerade

Please tell me now

Kono ai no keshikata wo oh God

Eyes shoujiki sa

Mitsumenai de kore ijou wa Red zone

Masquerade doushite mo I need you I miss you

Kimi wa Only one kawari wa inai

Itsuwari no kamen wo sotto hazushi yume de Crime Crime Crime

Eien ga hoshii

Listen guruguru kimi no koto de round & round

Nouri ni shirokujijuu comes around

Mekuru ARUBAMU no you ni samazama na kioku yomigaeru

Love… futari dake no himitsu omoi tachikirenai shinjitsu wo

Souzou no naka de MASUKU hazushi nagara kuchibiru ni I’m kissing you, girl

Kono te nobashite ubaisaritai

Nanimo iranai kimi sae ireba

Masquerade konna ni mo I need you I miss you

Kimi wo Day and night motomete shimau

Itsuwari no kamen wo futari nugisuteyou Dance Dance Dance

Hanasanai nido to… Masquerade

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What is "Masquerade" by 2PM about?

A Japanese track where the group's desire gets tangled up in a costume of lies. The lyric treats the masquerade not as a game but as a kind of prison the singer built himself. When he sings 'I need you I miss you' right after naming the mask, it sounds less like a confession and more like a fact he's tired of carrying.

Who performs "Masquerade"?

2PM performs "Masquerade", and this lyric page sits inside the 2PM catalog on LyroVerse.

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