Lyrics
[intro] [breathy soft spoken, uneasy] I left it by the basin. That's where it ought to be. [verse 1] [low baritone, clipped] Last night I cut through spotless lanes, A phone kept ringing in my coat. The camera caught me at the gate; I turned its lens toward the road. This morning, nothing by the tap. I check the drawer beneath the sink. If I can get that thing back on, I won't have time to fucking think. [pre chorus 1] [melodic, tightening] One cheek is warm, the other grey. Her wrist goes through my jacket cuff. She holds a photograph against me And stays attached when I pull back. [chorus 1] [full melodic, urgent] Where is my mask? I know I left it here. I need the face that takes the blame When somebody gets near. Where is my mask? Check every room again. I need something I can take off When they ask me where I've been. [post chorus] [instrumental, driving] [verse 2] [low baritone, insistent] Thick round lenses in her photo, A beard cut close beneath his jaw. His suit folds inward at the ribs; Small spinning planets fill the cloth. She checks each face along the queue; Her feet don't meet the station floor. I try to leave her at the steps. She's in my sleeve outside the door. [pre chorus 2] [melodic, accelerating] A white shape waits above the tap. I've searched the house to find it here. I raise my hands to lift it down. She stops and checks the landing stair. [chorus 2] [full melodic, desperate] Where is my mask? I know I left it here. I need the face that takes the blame When somebody gets near. Where is my mask? Check every room again. I need something I can take off When they ask me where I've been. [bridge] [restrained melodic, unsteady] My fingers close on empty air. Nothing to carry to my head. I press my thumb beneath the jaw. The face moves with my skin instead. [reveal] [soft spoken, stunned] There isn't anything to take off. I did it with my own face. [final chorus] [strained melodic, urgent] Where is my mask? My knees give out. I've got both hands against my face; There's nothing I can take off now. [outro] [soft spoken, shaken] She finds his glasses by the stairs. He turns; she knows him straight away. They pass through the locked front door. I stay beside the sink.