Verse 1

I'm all dressed up in my finest attitude
Pretending I don't care
Guess I really messed up....by trying to be two, when only one heart can be there.
Why can't I be just what I am,
And speak my love without any shame?
Why can't she see what I am,
Is a costumed fool trapped in a tragic game?

Chorus

Charades and pretty lies
They hide what's deep inside me.
Charades do disguise
All the love I keep inside me.
Charades! Can't see me,
But can you feel the real me,the real me...
...behind my charades...?

Verse 2<

Oh, please don't mind me,
Performing at my hardest
As I paint upon the air
You won't find me....
Cause it's a portrait of the artist
As a man who isn't there

Chorus

Charades and pretty lies
They hide what's deep inside me.
Charades do disguise
All the love I keep inside me.
Charades! Can't see me,
But can you feel the real me, the real me...
...behind my charades...?

Can't you feel the real me, Behind my charades?
Have I lost the real me....Behind my charades?

Performed by Maxwell Caulfield