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The Masquerade

by Randy Rose

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1.
Snowblind 05:30
The world keeps turning hell fires burning You know just what I mean Winter’s coming, now I’m going snowblind. The world before me forms their army bringing in the sheep Wind and hail, you’re doomed, I’m damned, I’m snow blind. Frozen - Chosen - Snow-blind Frozen  (you’re so freezing) Chosen (my heart is bleeding) Snowblind Underwhelmed by simple things, there’s nothing good in me Put a fork in Mother Earth, I’m so blind. Sliding slowly towards the wormhole, Total blasphemy Angels crying, God is weeping don’t cry…. Frozen (you’re so freezing) Chosen (my heart is bleeding) Snowblind Frozen  (you’re so freezing) Chosen (my heart is bleeding) Snow-blind   I’m terminally ill and I don’t care about most things so I go asleep I’m terminally ill and I don’t care about most things so I go asleep So I go - so I go Frozen  (you’re so freezing) Chosen (my heart is bleeding) Snowblind Frozen  (you’re so freezing) Chosen (my heart is bleeding) Snowblind
2.
Down in the water don’t even bother That’s where I  found it - Deep beneath it, I’m just a piece of… I will drown it. Why don’t you just come in? Won’t - won’t you join the Masquerade  Come - come and join the black parade. Where are you going there’s no one telling  But I sure follow -  I’m going to take what I can not get I beg steal or borrow I’m the Boogie Man I’m the Boogie Man I’m the Boogie Man Why don’t you just come and…   Won’t - won’t you join the Masquerade  Come - come and join the black parade. Won’t - won’t you join the Masquerade  Come - come and join the black parade. It’s my parade - Ah yeah! 
 Why don’t you just come and- Won’t - won’t you join the Masquerade  Come - come and join the black parade Won’t - won’t you join the Masquerade  Come - come and join the black parade.
3.
Before you break my heart, don’t say another word cause I know exactly where you’re from, girl Before you break my heart and leave me like a tree Remember I know you intimately yeah    Before you break my heart, remember who you were I was the one who picked you up off the floor, girl Before you break my heart, please don’t run away  Please remember I‘m the End of Days yeah    I’ll padlock my heart - just to keep you out Please won’t you stay out I’ll padlock my heart - just to keep you out So I curse you to the cross forever more… Before you break my heart there’s one thing I must say I knew you before you were made, girl Before you walk away, there’s one thing I must say I am the truth, the life, and the way - yeah I’ll padlock my heart - just to keep you out Please won’t you stay out I’ll padlock my heart - just to keep you out So I curse you to the cross forever more….   Cheater! Liar! Faker! Cheater! Liar! Faker! Faker! I see you wandering down this long A road I see you wondering is there more to life And now a sudden, now this lifestyle change But now this truth just cuts you like a knife.
4.
Monster Mask 05:05
Who’s there hiding behind your monster mask? Tell me, does it make you evil, does it make you really bad ask me If you know what’s good for you, baby, you would turn away But you wear this monster mask every single night and day Crucified so you can lie yeah Now you’re dead under the knife yeah Crucified so you can lie yeah Now you’re dead under the knife yeah 
 Smile for a while though you’re dead inside You don’t know what you know so you start to lie To my face, what a disgrace, well it’s all so sublime  You don’t know what you know what if it’s time to die? Who’s there hiding behind that darkened cape? Tell me does it make it easy for you now to kill and rape? If you know what’s good for you, baby, you would run and hide  But where you are there you go, monster still sick inside Sick inside - Crucified so you can lie yeah Now you’re dead under the knife yeah Crucified so you can lie yeah Now you’re dead under the knife yeah Smile for a while, cause you’re dead inside You don’t know what you know, so you start to lie To my face, what a disgrace, well it’s all so sublime  You don’t know what you know What if it’s time to die?
5.
Strike the match light the way unroll the carpet Creeping down these hallowed halls it’s how they mark it Don’t even know where the world is going wrong Don’t even know why I have seen what I have saw Running and hiding is the way to close the door. Wipe your axe dry the blood that’s how they mock him Turn it down upside down the crowns adorn him Don’t even know where the world is going wrong Don’t even know why I have seen what I have saw Running and hiding you coward you run far away Living for yourself - running and hiding, you’re far away. Satan howls, bloody bows for our children Keep them down underground, you’ll never find them. I waited so long, you never came - never came When will you do your part, play the game. Thought I didn’t know, you thought I wouldn’t care But you got it wrong. I travel hard and I travel so light I travel after dark because I hate light I travel here and I travel over there Because I know that you really don’t care What does He mean to you? Does his promise mean nothing at all? He means nothing to you.

6.
You point to the right and I choose to fight and take off the gloves You gave the task and I still wear the mask, one I’m not proud of I come and dine as you pour the wine as I profess my love But I’d trade my soul for just thirty more when the push comes to shove   With all my Strength - With all my mind and by God’s love He’ll make you mine With all my Strength - With all my mind and by God’s love He’ll make you mine You see the lies, it’s all my disguise Yet my fear shows through You call me to stay, still I wander away And I stray from You You offer a way, to ease my pain But I want proof, When will I break, till I finally take In Your simple truth With all my Strength - With all my mind and by God’s love He’ll make you mine With all my Strength - With all my mind and by God’s love He’ll make you mine All my Strength - With all my mind and by God’s love He’ll make you mine With all my Strength - With all my mind and by God’s love He’ll make you mine With all my Strength - With all my mind and by God’s love He’ll make you mine With all my Strength - With all my mind and by God’s love He’ll make you mine
7.
I am here all stuck in time with all my life just to unwind Foraging all I can find to start this journey to my mind Carry me upon your back and with my weight, I’ll break your back in two I’m hitchhiking and a hypnotic psycho so true Carry me across the river, the ice so cold I start to shiver  Carry me across the water, the Devil’s lying so don’t even bother oh Try to travel oh so lightly wave at evil so politely Carry burdens on me shoulder the weight of you feels like a boulder Carry me upon your back and with my weight I’ll break your back in two I’m hitchhiking and a hypnotic psycho so true Carry me across the river, the ice so cold I start to shiver  Carry me across the water, the Devil’s lying so don’t even bother oh (Solo) Now that you’re gone my heart’s just play-doh Now that you’re gone my heart just says no If I could you know I would You know my ways you know my heart You know everything that gives a new start (Two sizes too small and I need a new heart) You know my ways you know my heart You know everything that gives a new start (Two sizes too small and I need a new heart)
8.
Broke down on my hands and feet, I’m not the person that you think I are Walk down to the edge of the street, setting fire to an abandoned car  I’ll do it, just wait and see, you don’t know who I am A suicidal juggler, jugglin’ with no hands Turns out the vehicle isn’t abandoned, just one I rarely drive I’m the Queen of sabotage I demand it! you know it’s how I ride. I’ll brake it just wait and see you don’t know who I am, a suicidal juggler jugglin’ with no hands You can run and hide but there’s no escape I renounce the world and all it is to be You can run and hide but there’s no escape I renounce the world and all its broken ways Now I am forgiven now I will forget it -guitar (Solo) Get down off your horsey high wipe your tears and put the toys away You break every single gift that I’ve given, and then you go and send my friends away You can run and hide but there’s no escape I renounce the world and all it is to be You can run and hide but there’s no escape I renounce the world and all its broken ways Now I am forgiven - our conditions ended
9.
Just how far will you go where you stop nobody knows, you’re doing things you thought you’d never do - Furthermore you start to run then you know she’s got a gun She’s doing things you thought she’d never do - Take off the mask my friend you’re all alone it’s only you. Cycle home cause you’re not alone cause nobody wants to play Far way come far away but nobody wants to stay - Cycle home cause you’re not alone cause nobody wants to play Far way so far away but nobody wants to stay - Nobody wants to stay Heart is cold made of steel there’s a crack I’m scared to feel  A monster deep inside I was made that way (feel the pain) Pain and scars that cut my soul now I’m told that healing means I’m letting go that’s what the rapists say - therapists, I mean, therapists are mean I’ll say. Out on your own - there’s nobody left to hold you Now all alone - nobody knows what you are going through No this can’t be true - I’ve gone too far there’s no one out there Love reaching for you - Jesus, your love is all I cling to. I could cry for all the times you let me drown I was told to smile be tough and never frown they say - Abuse is what they try to use, chip away the sole of your shoes And then they say there’s nothing left for you Take off the cast my friend You’re not alone it’s only you. I can see you though -  I can see you through I can see you though -  I can see you through I can see you though -  I can see you through I can see you though -  I can see you.

about

I’ve heard it said that nothing great is ever easy and I found that to be very true. I’m very proud of this record, but it has been the hardest, most trying endeavor I have ever done. I have experienced so much death and pain and physical ailments. There were times that I really wasn’t sure if I would live to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. I’m so grateful for God‘s strength to bring me through and I wanted to personally thank every single Rose fan and Kickstarter supporter. You guys made this possible. I kept praying and pushing through because of all your kind words and your support. This is our record; you guys made it possible. I love and adore each and every one of you. I’ve made a lot of friends during this journey and I’ll never be the same.

credits

released May 20, 2023

The Masquerade was recorded from 2018 to 2022 at Rose Studios, Frisco Texas.

Produced and engineered by Randy Rose. Executive producer and label CEO Josh Spencer.

All lyrics by Randy Rose except Noel Rose wrote the lyrics for Padlock my Heart, dedicated to Rodney Estwick, and Jason Ames wrote the lyrics for All My Strength

Musicians:
Randy Rose - vocals/guitar/bass/drums
Roger Rose - lead guitar on every song except Across the River played by Tristan Avakian and The Masquerade by Ben Jacobs.
Mike Link - bass on Across the River
Jason Ames - bass on All My Strength
Back up vocals - Randy Rose, Joe Giddings and Roger Rose.

Rose Studios is honored to endorse
Spectra 1964 - thanks Bill Cheney for the years of support.
Supro Amps, Bill Skibbe, Paul Wolf who is a great inspiration to me. Eric Valentine, Warren Huart, and Danny Rose (assistant engineering expert.).

Special thanks to S.G. Smith, love you brother. Special thanks also to Steven & Patricia Kennedy, Lyle Bradley, and Frank W. Rossi, and to all the patient supporters of this album. It took far too long, but it means the world to me and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! Thank you to God for whatever talents I have and please use this album as you will.


Cover art by Sean Gadoury, layout by Josh & Jenna Spencer.

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Randy Rose has been making rock n roll and leading fans from darkness to light since the 1980s, as Randy Rose, Rose, in Mad at the World, and other bands.

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