Unmasked!

Unmasked!
Album	Beat the Champ
Released	April 7, 2015
Length	3:28
Previous Track	"Luna"
Next Track	"The Ballad of Bull Ramos"

Unmasked! is the 11th song on Beat the Champ.

Lyrics

Rain beats down, down on the outer walls
Down on the skylight, where the streetlights
Shine like unquenchable coals
And I’m up high, trying to say goodbye
The only way I know how
Crude and graceless
Peeking through the eyeholes
Seeing the real you

And just after midnight
When it feels like it's getting late
I will reveal you
I will reveal you

Crowd's half-gone, just a few hangers-on
Come to see me finally tear through the stitching at last
And you don't care, you look almost relieved down there
Like you're free, like you can breathe now
Like they've sawn off your cast
One more sleeper to see through

And by way of honoring
The things we once both held dear
I will reveal you
I Will reveal you

Cast of thousands
But we were the real two
And when I'm alone
Before a mirror late at night
I will reveal you
I will reveal you

Comments by John Darnielle About this Song

• "I hope that this song speaks for itself and doesn't need me to frame anything. It's called 'Unmasked!'" -- 2015-06-03 - The Mayan - Los Angeles, CA

Live Shows this Song Was Played at

• 2015-04-02 - Mercy Lounge - Nashville, TN
• 2015-04-03 - The Grey Eagle - Asheville, NC
• 2015-06-03 - The Mayan - Los Angeles, CA