It’s hard to adjust your eyes after the matinee From the womb of the theater to the light of day But you’ve got something to think about on the ride home And you’ve got something to talk about if you’re not alone
Outside the walls I hear sirens Fade to black, dramatic irony Before my eyes, after the previews I can relate, you do what we do So I’m alive in the final act The spirits did it all in an hour and a half Bring me to pain, bring me to relief Turn off my brain, suspend my disbelief
There’s a beautiful score I’ll never hear When my vision blurs it rings in my ears I must be saved I must be saved before the end
There’s a wonderful line I can’t remember I can’t rewind so I better remember Must be saved I must be saved before the end
The hero stands up and the blood rushes out of his head But you can still see him breathing after he’s dead And after the soul is gone, his body’s back to himself You’ll say “Oh, who is he? I seen him in something else”
And so I pray to the movie screen That I’ll be shown something I’ve never seen A revelation, I can sense it But this part don’t make any sense yet If heaven is a film that never ends And all the characters are my friends Or is that what we call a tv show Or is that the real life that we’re living now
There’s a beautiful score I’ll never hear When my vision blurs it rings in my ears I must be saved I must be saved before the end
There’s a wonderful line I can’t remember I can’t rewind so I better remember Must be saved I must be saved before the end