Backstreet Boys

Released: October 6, 2009

Songwriter: busbee Alex James Troy NōKA Brian Kennedy

Producer: Troy NōKA Brian Kennedy

[Intro: Nick]
Backstreet
Listen up

[Verse 1: Nick]
This scene's so hypnotic
Smoke and mirrors, lights and magic
Paper faces in gold
The soldier boys, beauty queens
Everyone's a mystery
It's got me losing control

[Pre-Chorus 1: Howie]
Yearning, I'm yearning
For the one to steal my eyes
Wanna play in this game of disguise

[Chorus: All]
It's a masquerade, a love parade
So won't you stay and dance with me
All through the night and day?
My masquerade, I need you baby
To stay with me tonight...
Masquerade, masquerade
Masquerade, masquerade
Masquerade, masquerade
Masquerade, masquerade

[Verse 2: AJ & Nick]
Just like a perfect dream
I don't ever wanna leave
A thousand freaks in a show (oh yeah)
One's a tiger, one's a lynx
One's a king that's suffering
Moving high, moving low, oh

[Pre-Chorus 2: Nick]
Burning, I'm burning
Can't you see it in my eyes?
Wanna play in this game of disguise

[Chorus: All]
It's a masquerade, a love parade
So won't you stay and dance with me
All through the night and day?
My masquerade, I need you baby
To stay with me tonight...
Masquerade, masquerade
Masquerade, masquerade
Masquerade, masquerade
Masquerade, masquerade

[Bridge: Nick & Brian]
I gotta know (I gotta know, yeah)
The girl behind the mask
Let me in, where you been? Don't pretend
Dreamed that I had her alone
Show your face to me, we could be everything

[Chorus: All, AJ & Nick]
It's a masquerade a love parade (masquerade, oh-oh)
So won't you stay and dance with me
All through the night and day?
My masquerade, I need you, baby
To stay....
It's a masquerade a love parade (masquerade, yeah-yeah)
So won't you stay and dance with me
All through the night and day?
My masquerade, I need you, baby
To stay with me tonight...
Masquerade, masquerade
Masquerade, masquerade
Masquerade, masquerade
Masquerade, masquerade

The Backstreet Boys are the most successful boy band in history, having sold over 130 million records worldwide, and with their first nine albums reaching the top 10 on the Billboard 200. Florida natives A. J. McLean, Howie Dorough, and Nick Carter, along with Kentucky transplant Kevin Richardson, were joined in a band once they attended Lou Pearlman’s auditions for a vocal group in 1992, with the group being completed by Kevin’s cousin Brian Litrell. Once took under the wing of Swedish producer Max Martin in 1995, the stage was set for global domination, attracting the lust of women and the anger of men. While the fad died down and Kevin even left for a while, the band never officially took a break or such.

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