GROUP 1 (including Nedda):
Tired of the illusion.
Living a lie,
Living a lie.

GROUP 2:
Pull the mask down!
Pull the mask down!
Things might be better tomorrow.

ALL: Or is hope in vain?

GROUP 1: Release,
GROUP 2: Release,
GROUP 1: Release.
ALL: Let me fly, fly away,
And make my own my own freedom!

ALL: Should I feel this guilt?
Should I hide my pain?

GROUP 1: Would you miss me if I flew away?

GROUP 2: Would you miss me if I flew away? (GROUP 1 to AH with this line)

GROUP 1: Tired of the illusion.

GROUP 2: Release! Release! Release!
Let me fly, fly away!

GROUP 1: Living a lie,
Living a lie.

GROUP 2: …and make my own freedom!

ALL: Pull the mask down!
Pull the mask down!
Things might be better tomorrow, or is hope in vain?
Where do I go from here?
Who will I become?

GROUP 1: What would you do in my place?

GROUP 2: What would you do in my place?

SOLO (Nedda): And now I sit and contemplate, wondering about tomorrow’s fate.