Masquerade

==Background==
"masquerade" is yuzuki's second VOCALOID song featuring IA. It is about a cynical princess who attends an evening masquerade ball. She meets a masked man, dances with him, and tries to find out who he really is, to no avail. In addition, she also believes that her prince does not really exist.
On the stroke of midnight, he disappears into the crowd but the princess will never forget their masquerade together. 
==Succeeding versions==
==Lyrics==
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|-|Japanese lyrics =
Japanese (日本語歌詞) 	Romaji (ローマ字)
頭上の光簿輝く 	zujou no hikaribo kagayaku
またこの面倒な芝居 	mata kono mendouna shibai
赤と金を纏う愚民 	aka to kin o matou gumin
この退屈が終わらない 	kono taikutsu ga owaranai
 	
一人ぼっち 	hitoribocchi
誘いにあくびで返事する 	sasoi ni akubi de henji suru
みんな一緒 	minna issho
今宵も意味ない舞踏会 	koyoi mo imi nai butoukai
 	
黒い、赤い 	kuroi, akai
色んな仮面の踊り 	ironna kamen no odori
空想に見る 	kuusou ni miru
待ちかねの王子の救いを 	machikane no ouji no sukui o
 	
昔信じてた 	mukashi shinjiteta
童話のような恋 	douwa no you na koi
信じればかなう 	shinjireba kanau
 	
御伽噺は 	otogibanashi wa
現実と違うんだ 	genjitsu to chigaun da
そもそもあたしに来るなんて 	somosomo atashi ni kuru nante
 	
仮面の海に溶け込んだ 	kamen no umi ni tokekonda
すっと近寄るあなたを見る 	sutto chikayoru anata o miru
振り向くあたしを音楽が 	furimuku atashi o ongaku ga
あたしたちを向き合わせる 	atashitachi o mukiawaseru
 	
目が合うたびに時間 	me ga au tabi ni jikan
心も止まっちゃう 	kokoro mo tomacchau
 	
誰なの どうしよう 	darena no dou shiyou
腰抱き寄せられ 	koshi dakiyoserare
舞いだす 	maidasu
 	
頭にくる 	atama ni kuru
抵抗に何も言わないの？ 	teikou ni nani mo iwanai no?
「何のつもり？」 	"nan no tsumori?"
返答は笑顔しかない 	hentou wa egao shikanai
 	
ちょっと興味が 	chotto kyoumi ga
何でこんなことをする 	nande konna koto o suru
ちょっと知りたい 	chotto shiritai
このマスクの男の事よ 	kono masuku no otoko no koto yo
 	
あたしの王子 	atashi no ouji
まだ夢に見てる 	mada yume ni miteru
どっかにいるでしょう 	dokka ni iru deshou
 	
でも物事は 	demo monogoto wa
そう簡単じゃない 	sou kantan ja nai
御伽噺は絵本だけに 	otogibanashi wa ehon dake ni
 	
彼はまだ黙ってるまま 	kare wa mada damatteru mama
まだまだ似たりと笑ってる 	madamada ni tari to waratteru
もしかして、でもありえない 	moshikashite, demo arienai
あたしの王子、どこにも居ない 	atashi no ouji, doko ni mo inai
 	
ようやく囁いた 	youyaku sasayaita
「夢も適えるさ」 	"yume mo kanaeru sa"
 	
真夜中人ごみに 	mayonaka hitogomi ni
身を紛れこんだ 	mi o magirekonda
 	
どうして行っちゃうの？ 	doushite icchau no?
このエンドはいや 	kono endo wa iya
 	
終わっても忘れない 	owatte mo wasurenai
あたしとあなたのマスカレイド 	atashi to anata no masukareido
|-|Official English lyrics =
The lights are glimmering overhead
I'm trapped in this bothersome play yet again
The fools around me are clad in red and gold
Will this boredom ever cease?
Sitting by myself,
I answer their invitations with a yawn
Everyone's gathered here at
another meaningless evening ball
Black and red
masks of every color swirl around me
I start daydreaming
for my prince to come save me
Long ago, I believed
that fairy tale romances came true
if you believed hard enough
But those stories never
came true at all
No one ever came for me
Suddenly, in the sea of masks,
I see you coming this way
The music seems to hold me still
as we draw ever closer
Our eyes meet and in that moment,
my heart seems to stop
Who is this person? What should I do?
Silently, you encircle my waist
and we start to dance
Now I'm getting mad
Aren't you going to explain yourself?
"What do you think you're doing?"
He just answers me with a smile
I kind of want to know
why he's doing this
I kind of what to know
more about this masked man
I still dream
of my prince,
that he's out there somewhere
But nothing is
ever so simple
Fairy tales are found only in children's books
The man before me is silent,
that smile still playing across his lips
Could he be...? No, he can't...
I know my prince doesn't really exist
Finally, he whispers:
"Never give up your dreams."
Upon the stroke of midnight, he vanishes
into the unruly crowd
Why did you have to go?
It isn't supposed to end like this!
Even though this ball is over, I'll never forget
our masquerade together
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Category:Original songs
Category:Japanese songs
Category:Songs featuring IA