Listen to “Man in the Paper Mask” from Colby's new album American Son out now. Listen now: https://ca.lnk.to/AmericanSon Connect with Colby: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/colby_acuff TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@colby_acuff YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Colby_acuff Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ColbyAcuffMusic X: https://twitter.com/cacuff15 Website: https://www.colbyacuff.com/ Text: (208) 486-0161 Lyrics: He’s tired, he ain’t sleepin’ He’s old enough to know That the fears that keep you up are there at the break of dawn Ain’t no rest for the wicked, no wickedness for the rest He’ll paint on a smile, he’s the man in the paper mask He ain’t mean, he ain’t bitter He’s numb to all the pain It’s a reminder that he won the fight with nothin’ but his name And if you really want to know the truth, all you gotta do is ask He’ll paint you a picture upon his painted mask The jesters gather blindly and hold fire in their hands While the king is yelling orders he works on his craft He can draw you any face, but it was never meant to last Like a castle made out of sand He’s the man in the paper mask He used to have four pennies, and now he’s got 10 dimes He got working hard on a job he called life The burden gave him armor And armor killed his past The watercolors bleed from the man in the paper mask The jesters gather blindly and hold fire in their hands While the king is yelling orders he works on his craft He can draw you any face, but it was never meant to last Like a castle made out of sand He’s the man in the paper mask He’s running out of faces for the people who are scorned You can see the man inside where the mask has been torn The king demands answers, hoping to get the last laugh But all the guards found was a damned ole paper mask
