Midnight Masquerade Stroll

We slip through candlelit streets in costume

Velvet shadows tracing where we go

Every glance is a secret invitation

Every step a softer kind to show

I wear your name like a borrowed diamond

You wear my fear like a mask of gold

And in the hush of the city breathing

We turn to legends

Brave and bold

Under the chandeliers of midnight

We become someone new tonight

Hidden hearts in the walls of moonlight

Spinning in the warm straight line

If the world can't know our faces

Let it know the way we glow

For one wild hour we are endless

And the masquerade we chose

Past the cafes and the rain-slid corners

Past the doors where the music leaks

We feel the thrill of a thousand strangers

Living in the words nobody speaks

You laugh in the mirror and your eyes breaks open

I answer with a borrowed smile

We leave our names in the dark behind us

I dance like fugitives for a while

Under the chandeliers of midnight

We become someone new tonight

Heading hearts in the waltz of moonlight

Spinning in the warm streetlight

If the world can't know our spaces

Let it know the way we glow

For one wild hour we are endless

In the masquerade we choke

Beneath the strings, my old life trembles

Like a dress hemmed in the wind

But when near hand finds mine, I surrender

And let the new me in

Under the chandeliers of midnight

We become someone new tonight

Hidden hearts in the walls of moonlight

Spinning in the one street light

If the dawn comes calling for us

We'll be gone before it shows

But tonight we are electric

And the masquerade we chose