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Living on a lighted stage
Approaches the unreal, for those who think and feel
In touch with some reality beyond the gilded cage

Cast in this unlikely role
Ill-equipped to act, with insufficient tact
One must put up barriers to keep oneself intact

Living in the limelight, the universal dream
For those who wish to seem
Those who wish to be must put aside the alienation
Get on with the fascination
The real relation, the underlying theme

Living in a fish eye lens
Caught in the camera eye, I have no heart to lie
I can't pretend a stranger is a long-awaited friend

All the world's indeed a stage
And we are merely player, performers and portrayer's
Each another's audience outside the gilded cage

Living in the limelight, the universal dream
For those who wish to seem
Those who wish to be must put aside the alienation
Get on with the fascination
The real relation, the underlying theme

Living in the limelight, the universal dream
For those who wish to seem
Those who wish to be must put aside the alienation
Get on with the fascination
The real relation, the underlying theme
The real relation, the underlying theme