美国社会学家欧文·戈夫曼曾在他撰写的研究报告中，试图用“拟剧论”来揭示日常生活中人们的行为呈现。在他看来，人们的一言一行都带有伪装的成分，生活就如同一个大剧场，每个人都在戴着面具演出：你身边的“开心果”在独处时可能就像一个“苦瓜”；在旁人眼里忙碌而充实的成功人士也许内心正感到孤独空虚；而站在镜子前面的你或许都快要认不出镜中那个强颜欢笑的自己。
“你是否想过要远走高飞，忘掉烦恼，并卸下所有伪装？”Lene Marlin在歌中唱道。被歌迷们称作“小精灵”的Lene Marlin来自可以看到午夜太阳和北极光的美丽国度——挪威。1980年出生的她在18岁时就以单曲“Unforgivable Sinner”轰动了整个挪威乐坛。很多人喜欢听Lene Marlin的歌，是因为这个有点神经质、古灵精怪的挪威女孩在她创作的音乐里融入了许多自己对生活的观察、思考和感悟，这让许多听者觉得仿佛歌中唱的就是自己，听完很有共鸣。她的每张专辑都像是一本用音符写成的日记。那些青春年少的快乐与烦恼、或明朗或忧郁的善变情绪、爱着某人时隐秘的内心思绪等等，都被Lene Marlin写进了她的音乐日记里。
“Disguise”这首歌收录在Lene Marlin于2003年发行的专辑Another Day中，当时已23岁的Lene Marlin显然成熟了很多，对人生和人性有了更深入的看法和思考。不过，在这首歌中，Lene Marlin的音乐基调仍然是轻盈的，即使歌中谈论的是“人生如戏”这样略显沉重的话题，她依然选择用相对轻松的调子唱给听众听。
到底怎样才能做真实的自己？也许，卸下伪装并没有想象中那么困难，我们需要的仅仅是一个值得信赖的听众、一次放松身心的旅行或是一股说出内心想法的勇气。虽然人生好似一个大舞台，男男女女都是演员，但就算是表演，有时我们也需摘下面具，本色出演。
Have you ever felt some kind of emptiness inside
You will never measure up to those people
You must be strong
Can’t show them that you’re weak
Have you ever told someone something that’s far from the truth
Let them know that you’re okay
Just to make them stop
All the wondering questions they may have
I’m okay
I really am now
Just need some time to figure things out
Not telling lies, I’ll be honest with you
Still we don’t know what’s yet to come
Have you ever seen your face
In a mirror there’s a smile
But inside you’re just a mess
You feel far from good
Need to hide
’Cause they’d never understand
Have you ever had this wish of being somewhere else
To let go of your disguise
All your worries too
And from that moment
Then you see things clear
I’m okay
I really am now
Just need some time to figure things out
Not telling lies, I’ll be honest with you
Still we don’t know what’s yet to come
Are you waiting for the day
When your pain will disappear
When you know that it’s not true
What they say about you
You could not care less about the things surrounding you
Ignoring all the voices from the walls
I’m okay
I really am now
Just need some time to figure things out
Not telling lies, I’ll be honest with you
Still we don’t know what’s yet to come