Midnight Masquerade Walk

I slip through the moonlit streets in a borrowed costume

Silver on my shoulders, a secret in my stride

Every window glows like it knows where I am heading

Every cobblestone is keeping time tonight

I was trembling in the mirror

Now I wear the night like lace

The fear is still a whisper

But it's losing its place

Step by step, I find my caress

Under lanterns, soft and low

Step by step, I far roam under

And let the hidden part of me show

In the shimmer of the parade lights

I am more than I believed

With every beat of this brave heart

I belong to what I've dreamed

A muted trumpet calls

From the corner of the avenue

Hard black rain on glass

Piano tracing my name

Warm streams rise behind me

Like a street full of fireflies

And the night leans close

Saying you can do the same

I was small inside the shadows

Now the dark can keep me still

Every breath becomes a promise

Every promise turns to will

Step by step, I find my courage

Under lanterns, soft and low

Step by step, I borrow wonder

And let the hidden part of me show

In the shimmer of the parade minds, I am more

Then I believe

With every beat of his brave heart

I belong to what I've dreamed

If my name is not yet certain

If my voice still shakes at dawn

I will walk until the fear is

Just another song moved on

And the costume I was wearing

Will become the life I choose

And the moonlight finds my footsteps

There is nothing left to lose

Step by step, I found my courage

Under lanterns, soft and low

Step by step, I'd borrow wonder

And like the hidden part of me show

And the shimmer of the parade lights

I am more than I believed

With every beat of this brave heart

I belong to what I've dreamed

I slip through the moonlit streets

And the night walks home with me