From the recording The Way That I Wish It Was
Maggie Fraser-vocals/acoustic guitar. Rich Roxborough-piano/keyboards. Alec Fraser-electric bass/banjo/keyboards/percussion.
Lyrics
Beautiful Masquerade
Would you be mine, in the froth and the brine
As the ocean spills through the door
What if I took you and never forsook you
My fearless, my fallen amour
All of the laws that we broke for the cause
All of the pain that you paid
Would you forgive me and love me and live me
My beautiful masquerade
Would you lay back on the floor in a shack
And imagine me kissing your hair
Would you believe in me, yearn for me, grieve for me
Knowing I’ll never be there
All of the lies that were torn from your eyes
Only to wither and fade
Would you entrance me and move me and dance me
My beautiful masquerade
Would you be mine, in the froth and the brine
As the ocean spills through the door
What if I took you and never forsook you
My fearless, my fallen amour
All of the laws that we broke for the cause
All of the pain that you paid
Would you forgive me and love me and live me
My beautiful masquerade