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Intro

Riff

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

Chorus

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

x2

Living in a fisheye 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 players

 Performers and portrayers

Each another's audience

 Outside the gilded cage

Chorus

Solo

Chorus