Larger than life
I climb up on the stageWearing an old man’s faceI've said those words a thousand timesI memorized the lines of Paris, The Prince and FriarI might one day play them too
To get here took its time, I forgot to make a lifeBetween the scripted ones I knewWhen admiration grew I was only loved by fewMy true love and passion - everyone knew
Hamlet in Lapland, King Lear died in ViennaVenice and Othello, Madrid I am Henry the 8thI am, I am
We all shall one day become what we playThe marvelous, magical, bewildering arrayOf trees and stones as we work our way upTo become these icons of lust and what not
"We live in the sin of self-indulgent... larger than lifeYeah, that's what I am!I am a goddamn Peter Pan, maaaaaaan!But the one palace I won't grow up inStaged a broken leg deep in my grave"
When life becomes a play and I don't know the roleI'm cast it's all wrong out I cannot escape before theCurtain call.One last time build myself a wall to cry on,To hide in plain viewI will fall deeper into the role writtenIn a drunken haze, it seems, by Shakespeare in me
Stage, film and television,Twenty-four seven on the scene, I'mLarger than life...Nightclubs, cabarets, spotlights never turn away nowLarger than life...The meaning of the fame is gettingLesser by the day for me somehowLarger than life...My friends all have familiesWho now have their familiesI lived half a century abiding deep in vanitiesAm I now wise, when I've learned all the traitsOf a fool?
The mirror now cries, ageless mask fades to true lifeTo taste the immortal grace I lived the role I playedAlone in a golden cage
Life is what we make of it sometimes, sometimes,Sometimes we just want to play
So don't take life so seriouslyPlay, love, have fun, leave misery beRegrets are built in a cold dark cageWhere nothing ever happensWhere nothing ever happens
Where nothing ever happens...Where nothing ever happens...Where nothing ever happens...
I climb down from the stageRemove the young man's faceAnd underneath reveal a sage"Young man, you play my roleBreathe life into that soulPrepare to live a thousand lives"
Now when you think it's all over, you find loveA flower starts to bloom, a chapter starts anewThe greatest moment in life
Mirror still lies, time is cruel, silent landslideIt builds you up within, destroys the shell you're inAnd everything will fall into place
When life becomes a playAnd I (you) don't know the role I'm cast (you're cast)
It's all wrong, but I (you) cannotEscape before the curtain callOne last time, build yourself a wall to cry on,For anybody to seeYou will fall deeper into the role you wrote in a drunkenHaze, it seems, with Shakespeare within
Stage, film and television, twenty four seven on the...