Staged

I look up from the mark beneath my feet
Familiar faces they say I've got to meet
Overwhelming deja vu from all their stirring lines
Falling to my knees, I begin to recognize

Lights up, don't remember how I got here
What was I saying?
Time's up, can't remember who I am here
Who am I playing?
Intermission or the end?
Is it real, is it pretend?
Curtain call, will anybody know my name
If all the world is made of...

Paper leaves, synthetic trees
Poorly painted fabric of the scenery
Scripted words, a familiar curse
Simulated story, moving in reverse

There's no way to fight, there's nowhere to hide
Walls behind every door
A round of applause every time I fall
Drowned beneath the deafening roar

Lights up, don't remember how I got here
What was I saying?
Time's up, can't remember who I am here
Who am I playing?
Intermission or the end?
Is it real, is it pretend?
Curtain call, will anybody know my name
If all the world is a stage

Am I the center of attention
Just to keep them entertained?
I recycle rhetoric questions
Where do they go when the lights fade?
Maybe one day I could find a way out
And when it finally comes, I'll burn it all down
Smoke all around
Wash it away, all of the pain, never again

Lights up, don't remember how I got here
What was I saying?
Time's up, can't remember who I am here
Who am I playing?
Intermission or the end?
Is it real, is it pretend?
Curtain call, will anybody know my name

Where do they go when the lights fade?
Curtain call, will anybody know my name
If all the world is a stage
If all the world is a stage