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I Wear A Mask

by Gordon Michaels

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I put my heart into this one as you can hear...inspired by the psychological theories of Carl Jung, Alan Watts, est, and U.G. Krishnamurti...we all create our "persona" -- our game--our racket--our soap opera...when we let it go and take off the mask we start to experience life directly and it comes more directly into us...

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I Wear A Mask copyright Gordon Michaels 2022
I wear a mask…you cannot see
You wear one too…you’re just like me
I hide inside…this lonely place
You can’t see me…can’t see my face…
I wear a mask

You can’t touch me…I can’t touch you
I think somewhere we lost the way…we can’t get through
Can’t see the day…can’t see the night
There’s always something in the way that blocks the light
I wear a mask
I cannot feel…I cannot breathe
I live and hide behind the things that I believe
If we could see…each other’s pain
Take off the masks and maybe we could live again?
I cannot see…what’s wrong or right
And in the sky the stars are only points of light
Behind this mask…so safe and sound
And in the end there’s nothing lost and nothing found
I wear a mask
I cannot feel…I cannot breathe
I live and hide behind the things that I believe
If we could see each other’s pain
Take off the masks and maybe we could love again?
We turn away from what is real
Behind the masks we wear today we cannot feel
Can’t take it off…I do not dare
I think at last I have become the mask I wear
I wear a mask
I wear a mask

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released May 26, 2022
Gordon Michaels: vocals, piano, syn bass, midi strings
Craig Tambascio: fretless bass, engineering, mix
Ron Turner: drum programming, mastering
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Gordon Michaels Baltimore, Maryland

Gordon Michaels is a singer songwriter living in Parkville, Maryland with his wife Mary Ann and his dog, Mazie. Jack of Hearts and Tune Rider are Gordon's first album releases since his debut Stargazer on A&M Horizon Records in 1979. Gordon splits his time between writing, recording and teaching at Towson University. ... more

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