I climb up on the stage
Wearing an old man's face
I've said those words a 1000 times
I memorized the lines of Paris, The Prince and Friar
I might one day play them too
To get here took its time
I forgot to make a life between the scripted ones I knew
When admiration grew I was only loved by few
My true love and passion, everyone knew
Hamlet in Lapland
King Lear died in Vienna
Venice and Othello
Madrid, I am Henry VIII (I am, I am)
We all shall one day become what we play
The marvelous, magical bewildering array
Of trees and stones as we work our way up
To become these icons of lust and whatnot
"We live in the sin of self-indulgent (larger than life)
Yeah, that's what I am
I am a goddamn Peter Pan, man
But the one palace I won't grow up in
Staged a broken leg deep in my grave"
When life becomes a play and I don't know the role I'm cast
It's all wrong but I cannot escape before the curtain call
One last time
Build myself a wall to cry on, to hide in plain view
I will fall
Deeper in the role written in a drunken haze, it seems by
Shakespeare in me
Stage, film and television, 24-7 on the scene, I'm...
(Larger than life)
Nightclubs, cabarets, spotlights, never turn away now
(Larger than life)
The meaning of the fame is getting lesser by the day for me somehow
(Larger than life)
My friends all have families who now have their families
I lived half a century aboding deep in vanities
Am I now wise when I've learned all the traits of a fool?
The mirror now cries
Ageless mask fades to true life
To taste the immortal grace
I lived the role I played
Lone in a golden cage
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Life is what we make of it sometimes, sometimes
Sometimes we just want to play
So don't take life so seriously
Play, love, have fun, leave misery be
Regrets are built in a cold dark cage
Where nothing ever happens, where nothing ever happens
So don't take life so seriously
Play, love, have fun, leave misery be
Regrets are built in a cold dark cage
Where nothing ever happens, where nothing ever happens
Nothing ever happens
Nothing ever happens
I climb down from the stage
Remove the young man's face
And underneath reveal a sage
"Young man, you play my role
Breathe life into that soul
Prepare to live a 1000 lives"
Now, when you think it's all over, you find love
A flower starts to bloom, a chapter starts anew
The greatest moment in life
Mirror still lies, time is cruel, silent landslide
It builds you up within
Destroys the shell you're in
And everything will fall into place
When life becomes a play and you don't know the role I'm cast
It's all wrong but you cannot escape before the curtain call
One last time
Build yourself a wall to cry on for anybody to see
You will fall
Deeper in the role you wrote in the drunken haze, it seems with
The Shakespeare within
Stage, film and television, 24-7 on the scene, I'm...
(Larger than life)
Nightclubs, cabarets, spotlights, never turn away now
(Larger than life)
The meaning of the fame is getting lesser by the day for me somehow
(Larger than life)
I lived half a century aboding deep in vanities
Am I now wise when I've learned all the traits of a fool?