I am a ghost in a paper crown
a masquerade in an endless town
a mind just full of doubt

my face keeps smiling
I play the person that I wanted to be
but it’s a hollow lie
I’m afraid to show the real me
deep inside I’m dying, rotting in vain
and it’s my fault there is no one else to blame

no light, no hope, no remedy
this sickness lives in me
no light, no hope, no remedy
I’m the only one to set me free

I learned to smile with borrowed grace
a mimic's mask on a borrowed face

I am a ghost in a paper crown
a masquerade in an endless town
a mind just full of doubt
tell me do stars know when they’re fading out
will they even make a sound    
when all they do is shine and break
will I vanish wide awake

they see the light but I’m the dark
a hollow soul without a heart

no light, no hope, no remedy
no remedy

I am a ghost in a paper crown
a masquerade in an endless town
a mind just full of doubt
tell me do stars know when they’re fading out
will they even make a sound    
when all they do is shine and break
will I vanish wide awake