[Verse 1]
The lights dim, the curtains open
And I am center stage
I'm glowing through my face
And your eyes pierce me like I'm hope
But I'm hopeless all the same
Like pieces of a page
I explode into flames
Leave the audience amazed
All the ooo's and the ahh's I can't hear through the state
I engulfed myself in
Yes, I know the end
And I’m sorry to say, but this isn't it
I digress, get it off my chest
'Cause I'm breathing less
The stagehand is calling me, "Exit stage left"
The audience claps
They beg for me back
An earful of love and a knife in my back

[Chorus 1]
Turn the playbill over and see
The mark of the beast
Above the casting
Analyze the body language
Of our neighboring seats
Find spies who'll peek
[Post-Chorus 1]
And edit the flow of our favorite showing
The audience knows, but the show will keep going
Anger arises for those in disguises
The curtain will close, intermission arrived

[Verse 2]
Pulling needles of wood from my fingers
I'm building the set
Designed to hold the best
The director has favorites
I'm not one of them
I showed a selfish whim and dishonesty to mend
And I made so many cry
Without batting an eye
I was careless and afraid that I'd get left behind
In my mind
Everybody wants to watch me die
Fear became reality, doubt became real life
Recovery ain't new to me
It's like riding bikes
I still wish there was a manual to guide me through the heights
Nurture what you have 'til the showing's in the past
Never showing it again
We finally meet the end, say goodbye
[Chorus 2]
I don't write
With pen or paper anymore
I guess I
Should practice bringing boats ashore
Every life
Equivalent unique and more
Please don't die
Watch it self-repair, the world

[Post-Chorus 2]
Spins on its axis the gravity taxes
You are but a speck in a universe massive
Time exists outside us, watch it as it passes
Colors change, but you're the same
People left and people came
People grow, witness change
Trust again, break the chains
Memories are born again
Memories are born again
People grow, witness change
Trust again, break the chains
Memories are born again
Memories are born again

[Outro]
Written by a psychopath
Suicide alone out back
Many of you cried
Not sure as to why
Be it leather or a paperback
All the same, it's words you lack
Read it all again
Director waves a hand
"Exit stage left"