A World Without Illusion
Sung by Esteban
VERSE 1
I wore another face for years,
A borrowed smile, borrowed cheers.
A painted mask, a practiced line...
Never yours.
Never mine.
I feared the morning, feared the glass,
Prayed the spell would always last.
If they saw what I could see...
Who would stay with me?
PRE-CHORUS
Then an old knight looked my way...
Like nothing needed hiding.
CHORUS
A world without illusion!
No more running from the light.
A world without illusion!
Maybe truth was worth the fight.
You saw the man beneath the mask,
Long before I understood.
If this is who I've always been...
Then maybe I've been good.
A world without illusion!
I can finally be...
Me.
VERSE 2
I called him crazy, called him blind,
Still he saw what none could find.
Not the spell...
Not the disguise...
Just the man behind my eyes.
Every scar I tried to hide,
Every fault I kept inside...
He never turned away.
He simply chose to stay.
PRE-CHORUS
Maybe monsters aren't the curse...
Maybe lies are.
CHORUS
A world without illusion!
No more living someone else's dream.
A world without illusion!
Nothing's quite the way it seemed.
You saw the man beneath the mask,
Before the magic came undone.
Turns out all the strength I needed...
Was there all along.
BRIDGE
If beauty fades...
Let it fade.
If power breaks...
Let it break.
I'd rather wear an honest scar
Than hide behind another face.
FINAL CHORUS
A world without illusion!
Lift your head and face the sun.
A world without illusion!
Turns out I was always enough.
You saw the man beneath the mask,
When no one else believed.
You gave me back a life...
By simply letting me be seen.
A world without illusion!
No more hiding.
No more shame.
The spell is gone...
And somehow...
I'm finally free.
