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Stained Glass Masquerade Is there anyone that fails Cause when I take a look around So I tuck it all away, like everything\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s okay Are we happy plastic people Is there anyone who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been there The performance is convincing But would it set me free Would your arms be open I was listening to this song today on the way to work and I always sing along with it but never really listened to the lyrics. It’s a powerful message and all too real. I don’t know about you, but there are many times that I’ve felt like this, just wanting to hide how I feel and putting on a good face for everyone. Putting on this act is just what the song says a “masquerade”, you put on a mask to cover your true feelings and in doing that you never really let anyone in. On the flip side, we are so used to people asking how we are out of a basic courtesy but not truly meaning it so we just say “good” and both go on our way…this has taught us to keep our feelings inside and hide them. We think to ourselves, “They don’t want to actually know how we feel, so why tell them. We might scare them off.” For me, it’s not that, okay maybe sometimes, but mainly its just the fact that I don’t want to burden anyone. But that’s why we have family, friends, and brothers and sisters in Christ. They are there for us no matter what and let us know we can be ourself and take off the mask. Are you the type of friend whose friends know they don’t need to wear a mask around you? I think I am and I hope my friends know they don’t need any kind of mask around me, ever! We need to get off the stage, put up the masks and just be ourselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Stained Glass Masquerade by: Casting Crowns Is there anyone that fails Is there anyone that falls Am I the only one in church today feelin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 so small Cause when I take a look around Everybody seems so strong I know … Continue reading
\nby: Casting Crowns
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\nIs there anyone that falls
\nAm I the only one in church today feelin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 so small<\/p>\n
\nEverybody seems so strong
\nI know they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll soon discover
\nThat I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t belong<\/p>\n
\nIf I make them all believe it, maybe I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll believe it too
\nSo with a painted grin, I play the heart again
\nSo everyone will see me the way that I see them<\/p>\n
\nUnder shiny plastic steeples
\nWith walls around our weakness
\nAnd smiles to hide our pain
\nBut if the invitation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s open
\nTo every heart that has been broken
\nMaybe then we close the curtain
\nOn our stained glass masquerade<\/p>\n
\nAre there any hands to raise
\nAm I the only one who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s traded
\nIn the altar for a stage<\/p>\n
\nAnd we know every line by heart
\nOnly when no one is watching
\nCan we really fall apart<\/p>\n
\nIf I dared to let you see
\nThe truth behind the person
\nThat you imagine me to be<\/p>\n
\nOr would you walk away
\nWould the love of Jesus
\nBe enough to make you stay<\/p>\n