You wanna play out all your fantasies Behind a million closed doors You've got a starring role Behind the picture show Svengali hand behind the Hollywood machine They're the ones who collect the profits The ones who make a difference Finance all of the movies Tell you when to pay attention Dinners out-cost your mortgage Pay off all allegations Cover it up with money till it goes away You think this world owes you most anything Cause you can live without a soul You think that you're outsmarting everyone But you're just going where nobody else will go You know I can't afford no sympathy Cause it don't shatter no glass walls, yeah Can't let nobody get ahead of me Svengali hand behind the Hollywood machine They're the kings and the puppet-masters Shamelessly imitating All those who came before them Waiting for some validation The fools who cast their judgement Pawns of their human nature Poison the well until you make everyone sick Hollywood machine Well, you sound like a no-name But it doesn't matter You talk up a big game And you'd sell like box office poison You know what you're doing Not what you're losing Gotta keep moving the Hollywood machine forward Dinners out-cost your mortgage Pay off all allegations Cover it up with money Cover it up with money Cover it up with money Cover it up with money Svengali hand behind the Hollywood machine