Masquerade

From the moment I dreamt you

I saw your face in every picture around

Saw your face in every faceless crowd

From the moment I loved you,

Long before I'd even met you at all,

I knew this day was going to come

I don't want to lose you now by telling the truth

So I could lie just a little

Talk to you in riddles

Play the whole charade

I could stay in the middle

Play you like a fiddle

I could masquerade

But I won't hide from you darling

I've got to make it clear

I'm not all that you're thinking

I'm not how I appear

It's a risk I'm taking

I'm trying to be myself so you see

While I'm trying to be a better me

There's no hesitating, I'll do what I should do

I could lie just a little

Talk to you in riddles

Play the whole charade

I could stay in the middle

Play you like a fiddle

I could masquerade

But I won't hide from you darling

I've got to make it clear

I'm not all that you're thinking

I'm not how I appear

I won't blind your eyes, I won't see you surprised

I won't lie to you baby, you've got to realize

I can masquerade

I can masquerade, wear a masquerade

I could lie just little

I could talk just a little

If I wanted to

I could lie, yeah, yeah

I could lie just a little

Talk to you in riddles

Play the whole charade

I could stay in the middle

Play you like a fiddle

I could masquerade

I could masquerade

I could masquerade

And now that I've won you

Gonna give you everything that you need