Linkin Park - Final Masquerade Lyrics Meaning

"Final Masquerade"
My interpretation

Tearing me apart with words you wouldn't say.

- This may have two meanings. She is indirectly tearing him apart with things she may be keeping away from him, or her actions speak what her mouth can't, and that's affecting him.

And suddenly tomorrow's a moment washed away.

- They most likely planned a future together, but suddenly due to selfeshness of both parties, it vanished.

'Cause I don't have a reason, and you don't have the time,

- He probably puts the excuse that he doesn't have a reason to tell her, or spend time with her, or whatever the problem is, and she puts the excuse that she doesn't have the time.

But we both keep on waiting for something we won't find.

- Even after all the problems, both keep on waiting for something they won't 'find' which is probably peace in the relationship, or the trust that both obviously lack.

The light on the horizon was brighter yesterday,

-Here you can say that they were better yesterday, in the past. For them it was much happier.

With shadows floating over, the scars begin to fade.

- This may be saying that in the past, everything was going smoothly. Neither needed to say what they needed to say. They were happy like that.

We said it was forever but then it slipped away.

-It's obvious that here it's trying to say that after all the 'forevers' it wasn't a forever after all.

Standing at the end of the final masquerade.

-First. Masquerade means to most a disguise, or something that covers the truth or even replace it, a mask. So they stand at their final masquerade, the masks they have on will fall off, or they will walk awat with them still on.

All I ever wanted, the secrets that you keep.

-She kept secrets, and obviously all he wanted was to know them as any other would. This really stressed him.

All you've ever wanted, the truth I couldn't speak.

-He also had some things behind his back, and maybe it was painful to say, and he just simply couldn't make himself say it.

'Cause I can't see forgiveness, and you can't see the crime,

-He probably can't see forgiveness in her when she opposes to say her secrets. To trust in him, maybe he can't forgive her. Maybe she can't see the bad in whatever he did, or maybe she is oblivious to what is happeneing in their relationship.

And we both keep on waiting for what we left behind.

- Maybe the relationship ended long ago, vut they still keep up with it, waiting to see if it would still work. Which obviously won't if they don't speak up already!

--So all in all. The song is about a relationship that though it was already broken, it just keeps on falling apart. Even though they see how broken it is, they keep nn waiting to see if it suddenly fixes itself. Also, sorry for my horrible English!

-S.G.V.