This Masquerade

公司的annual dinner，會場放了些小道具，面具，假髮，帽… 讓同事們盡興。隨意拿了個眼罩帶上，有些人認得我，也有人不認得。透過眼罩看這派對，感覺很不同，人似乎抽離地冷眼旁觀，有點疏離，有點遙遠，想起了This Masquerade這首歌。在化裝舞會中，人人理所當然地帶上面具，也許平日的我不自覺地帶的是玻璃面具。

George Benson 和Karen Carpenter的This Masquerade，兩個都是我很喜愛的版本。

This Masquerade
Lyrics:Leon Russell Music:Leon Russell

Are we really happy with this lonely game we play,
Looking for the right words to say?
Searching but not finding -- understanding anyway,
We're lost in this masquerade.

Both afraid to say we're just too far away
From being close together from the start.
We try to talk it over, but the words got in the way
We're lost inside this lonely game we play.

Thoughts of leaving disappear each time I see your eyes,
And no matter how hard I try
To understand the reason why we carry on this way
We're lost in this masquerade.

We try to talk it over, but the words got in the way
We're lost inside this lonely game we play.

Thoughts of leaving disappear each time I see your eyes,
And no matter how hard I try
To understand the reason why we carry on this way
We're lost in this masquerade.
And we're lost in a masquerade.