I can't shake it off Can't shake it off White lights start are burning slowly Exposing my fear of showing I can't shake them off Can't shake them off Their indifferent eyes chain me To central stage nudity Oh, but I can't let them down I can't let them down But this black mask I'm wearing Can't even force a vacant smile Oh, but I can't take it off Can't take it off Icy sounds fill the crowd And the fool in their midst laughs loudest of all And I can't take it off Speak up Speak up My words just dramatize Everything that's banalized But I please spit it out Oh, please spit it out These curtains won't fall before I have straight on staged my truth And I've fooled you again Fooled you again Music has ceased, performance done Just get your coats and get along Ah, they've fooled me again They've fooled me again Music has ceased, time's up I'll just grab my coat and crawl back home And I can't shake it off Can't shake it off