Masquerade

Album: Pleasure Victim (1982)
Charted: 82
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Songfacts®:

  • This song is about older actors and musicians who never made it in the entertainment industry, which is "the masquerade." The lyrics, "[they] knock on doors and empty halls" is a reference to the auditioning process.
  • The line, "Past eight by tens in shattered frames" references essential "headshot" photographs actors/actresses and some musicians need in the industry. The "shattered frames" symbolize shattered dreams.
  • Most Berlin songs were written by their bass player, John Crawford, but "Masquerade" was written by their guitarist, Chris Ruiz-Velasco. The song was part of their second album, Pleasure Victim, which also includes the tracks "Sex (I'm A...)" and "The Metro."

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