The Mask I Wear

Song-Steckbrief: The Mask I Wear

• Genre:

  • 1. Variante: Melancholic Dark Pop, Male Vocals, Atmospheric Synth.

  • 2. Variante: Dark Melodic Orchestral Rock, Majestic Gothic Waltz.

• Stil: Theatrical Melancholy & Gothic Grandeur.

  • Vocal-Charakter: Eine leidenschaftliche, fast klagende Stimme, die den Kontrast zwischen der äußeren "königlichen" Fassade und der inneren Leere einfängt.

  • Instrumentierung: Ein Wechselspiel aus kühlen, atmosphärischen Synthesizern und einem schweren, majestätischen Walzer-Rhythmus. Das Arrangement wirkt wie ein "Theaterstück" (Gothic Waltz), das die Schwere der steinernen Maske musikalisch untermalt.

• Thema: Identitätsverlust & Das Gefängnis der Erwartungen. (Der Song beschreibt das schmerzhafte Tragen einer sozialen Maske – symbolisiert durch "Porzellanhaut" und eine "goldene Krone". Es geht um die Entfremdung vom eigenen Selbst ("the ghost in a shroud") und die Verzweiflung darüber, dass die Außenwelt nur die glänzende Fassade wahrnimmt, während das wahre Ich im Dunkeln verkümmert. Ein zentrales Stück zum Thema "Finding Personality".)

Lyrik:

Verse 1

Step to the light on the stage,
Break from the bars of the cage.
Paint on a smile for the crowd,
Hiding the ghost in a shroud.
Turning around in a dance,
Lost in a merciless trance.

Verse 2

Cold is the porcelain skin,
Walling the darkness within.
Gold is the crown that I bear,
Poison is filling the air.
You see the king and the throne,
I am just hollow and lone.

Pre-Chorus

Look in the glass and it cracks,
No way of turning the tracks.

Chorus
The mask I wear – it is made of stone!
The mask I wear – I am all alone!
A theater piece, a holy deceit,
The heart of a slave with a royal beat.
The mask I wear... is all you can see,
While deep in the dark... there is nothing of me.

[Bridge]

Tear it off! Let me breathe!
Show what is hidden beneath!

Outro

Just a device...
Cold as the ice...
The mask... stays... on...

© 05.01.2026 Gerd Groß 

"Ein düsterer Gothic-Walzer über den Preis der Perfektion. Wenn die Maske zur Last wird und das wahre Ich dahinter verblasst. Ergreifend, majestätisch und von schmerzhafter Ehrlichkeit." 

Suno Details & Programmierung 

Style-Prompt: Variante 2

Dark Melodic Orchestral Rock, 3/4 waltz time, lush string arrangement, clean ringing electric guitars, powerful timpani drums, dark emotional baritone, minor key, 65 BPM, elegant gothic atmosphere, haunting and majestic, double-tracked vocals, subtle choral backing, extreme dynamic range, cathedral acoustics

Programmierter Text (Suno-Ready)

Plaintext

[Intro]
[Soft piano melody in 3/4 time]
[Violins swelling slowly]
[Distant orchestral chime]

[Verse 1]
[Male vocals: intimate and deep]
[Minimalist arrangement: piano and vocals only]

STEP to the LIGHT on the STAGE,
BREAK from the BARS of the CAGE.
PAINT on a SMILE for the CROWD,
HID-ing the GHOST in a SHROUD.

[Cello enters warmly]

TURN-ing a-ROUND in a DANCE,
LOST in a MER-ci-less TRANCE.

[Verse 2]
[Full string section starts]

COLD is the POR-ce-lain SKIN,
WALL-ing the DARK-ness with-IN.
GOLD is the CROWN that I BEAR,
POI-son is FILL-ing the AIR.

[Building tension]

YOU see the KING and the THRONE,
I am just HOLL-ow and LONE.

[Pre-Chorus]
[Orchestra grows louder]
[Timpani rolls building up]

LOOK in the GLASS and it CRACKS,
NO way of TURN-ing the TRACKS.

[Chorus]
[Majestic Orchestral Rock explosion]
[Soaring, emotional vocals]

The MASK I WEAR – it is MADE of STONE!
The MASK I WEAR – I am ALL a-LONE!
A THE-a-ter PIECE, a HO-ly de-CEIT,
The HEART of a SLAVE with a ROY-al BEAT.
The MASK I WEAR... is ALL you can SEE,
While DEEP in the DARK... there is NO-thing of ME.

[Bridge]
[Music drops to a single haunting violin]
[Vocals: intense, building to a peak]

TEAR it OFF! LET me BREATHE!
SHOW what is HID-den be-NEATH!

[Grand orchestral crash: Final climax]

[Outro]
[Soft piano and cello return]
[Vocals: fading whisper, melismatic]

JUST a de-VICE...
COLD as the ICE...
The MASK... stays... ON...

[Last violin note fading into silence]

[End]

© 05.01.2025 Gerd Groß