[Silence]
[Arrangement: Dramatic rock with organ stabs, guitar riffs and solos, driving drums, and chant-style backing vocals]
[Intro]
Raise the lights
(Bring it up)
No scripts tonight
(No fake stuff)
[Verse 1]
You walk in smiling
(Take your seat)
Expecting lines
(Polished and neat)
But nothing here
(Is pre-written)
No hidden cues
(No stage permission)
This room is breathing
(On its own)
No painted backdrop
(No cardboard throne)
[Pre-Chorus]
No cue cards
(No direction)
No masks
(No correction)
[Chorus]
No!
(This ain’t no theater)
No!
(Say: This ain’t no play!)
Hey!
(This is life unfolding)
No!
(No rehearsed display)
[Refrain]
Feel
(The real deal)
Be
(The reality)
Comedy…
(Or tragedy?)
No script
(No guarantee)
[Verse 2]
The spotlight flickers
(But it’s not controlled)
No director shouting
(“Cut” or “Hold”)
Mistakes are staying
(Left in place)
No edits hiding
(The human face)
You speak, it echoes
(Through the air)
Not rehearsed lines
(Just what’s there)
[Pre-Chorus]
No rewind
(No replay)
No acting
(No cliché)
[Chorus]
No!
(This ain’t no theater)
No!
(Say: This ain’t no play!)
Hey!
(This is life unfolding)
Hey!
(It’s life beholding)
[Bridge]
No curtain call
(No final bow)
Just here and now
(And, F’n Wow!)
Say:
(Hey!)
Hey!
(Hey!)
[Instrumental, Psychedelic Jam, Percussion Solo]
[Final Chorus]
No!
(This ain’t no theater)
No!
(Say: This ain’t no play!)
No!
(No roles to play)
Hey!
(We’re still here living)
So…
(Keep on giving!)
Feel
(The real deal)
Be
(The reality)
Comedy…
(Or tragedy?)
No script
(No guarantee)
[Outro]
The lights stay on
(No fade away)
The story moves
(It won’t replay)
No!
(This ain’t no theater)
Just life
(All the way)
… love is rife….
From the album “In Play“