Half-Masked Hearts

Black skies hanging over the estate tonight Streetlights flicker like they’re scared

of the fight Cold wind biting through the cracks in my soul

Got my face covered up but my heart on show Footsteps down

the alleyway fast Everybody running from the weight of the past Sirens

singing like a broken guitar Trying to remember who we really are

And I know

There’s more beneath the smoke

But nobody talks

when the city goes cold

Balaclava hiding half of my face Can’t hide the dreams that I

carry in my veins Running through the dark,

trying to find my way

Young hearts burning in a concrete maze Balaclava — shadows in the

night But we still dance underneath the blue lights If tomorrow comes,

maybe we’ll change Till then we survive in the pouring rain Mama

said don’t let the anger win But the world keeps pulling me

back again Friends turn ghosts when the pressure gets deep Promises are

cheap when nobody sleeps Graffiti prayers on the railway wall Every little

king scared to lose it all Still I hear hope in the

underground sound Like a heartbeat shaking the whole town down And I

know

There’s truth beneath the code

Even lonely souls

need somewhere to go

Balaclava hiding half of my face Can’t hide the dreams that I

carry in my veins Running through the dark,

trying to find my way Young hearts burning in a concrete maze

Balaclava — shadows in the night But we still dance underneath the

blue lights If tomorrow comes,

maybe we’ll change Till then we survive in the pouring rain Take

the mask off, look me in the eyes You’ll see fear,

you’ll see fire inside We ain’t villains,

we ain’t saints Just trying to escape what the city became Balaclava

falling to the floor

I don’t wanna hide myself no more

Sunrise breaking through the grey above

Turns out what we needed most was love