在自己的房間裡， 我是王，也是子民； 是騎士，也是弄臣。
我配著水嚥下， 面具便浮現於掌心，熟練地戴上，直到結束演出。
我是完美的囚徒。 在我將一切嚥下之前，完美是毒。
我總是習慣獨自在夜裡漫步， 與自己的影子共舞。
這次，我選擇摘下面具， 擁抱自己，在月色裡謝幕。
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In my own room, I am both the king and the subject; the knight and the jester.
I swallow it with water. A mask appears in my palm, practiced and worn until the performance ends.
I am a prisoner of perfection. Before I swallow everything again, perfect is poison.
I am used to walking alone at night, dancing with my own shadow.
This time, I choose to take off the mask, to hold myself, and bow beneath the moonlight.
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