[Silence]
\n[Arrangement: Dramatic rock with organ stabs, guitar riffs and solos, driving drums, and chant-style backing vocals]<\/p>\n
[Intro]
\nRaise the lights
\n(Bring it up)
\nNo scripts tonight
\n(No fake stuff)<\/p>\n
[Verse 1]
\nYou walk in smiling
\n(Take your seat)
\nExpecting lines
\n(Polished and neat)<\/p>\n
But nothing here
\n(Is pre-written)
\nNo hidden cues
\n(No stage permission)<\/p>\n
This room is breathing
\n(On its own)
\nNo painted backdrop
\n(No cardboard throne)<\/p>\n
[Pre-Chorus]
\nNo cue cards
\n(No direction)
\nNo masks
\n(No correction)<\/p>\n
[Chorus]
\nNo!
\n(This ain’t no theater)
\nNo!
\n(Say: This ain’t no play!)
\nHey!
\n(This is life unfolding)
\nNo!
\n(No rehearsed display)<\/p>\n
[Refrain]
\nFeel
\n(The real deal)
\nBe
\n(The reality)
\nComedy…
\n(Or tragedy?)<\/p>\n
No script
\n(No guarantee)<\/p>\n
[Verse 2]
\nThe spotlight flickers
\n(But it\u2019s not controlled)
\nNo director shouting
\n(\u201cCut\u201d or \u201cHold\u201d)<\/p>\n
Mistakes are staying
\n(Left in place)
\nNo edits hiding
\n(The human face)<\/p>\n
You speak, it echoes
\n(Through the air)
\nNot rehearsed lines
\n(Just what\u2019s there)<\/p>\n
[Pre-Chorus]
\nNo rewind
\n(No replay)
\nNo acting
\n(No clich\u00e9)<\/p>\n
[Chorus]
\nNo!
\n(This ain’t no theater)
\nNo!
\n(Say: This ain’t no play!)
\nHey!
\n(This is life unfolding)
\nHey!
\n(It’s life beholding)<\/p>\n
[Bridge]
\nNo curtain call
\n(No final bow)
\nJust here and now
\n(And, F’n Wow!)<\/p>\n
Say:
\n(Hey!)
\nHey!
\n(Hey!)<\/p>\n
[Instrumental, Psychedelic Jam, Percussion Solo]<\/p>\n
[Final Chorus]
\nNo!
\n(This ain’t no theater)
\nNo!
\n(Say: This ain’t no play!)
\nNo!
\n(No roles to play)<\/p>\n
Hey!
\n(We’re still here living)
\nSo…
\n(Keep on giving!)<\/p>\n
Feel
\n(The real deal)
\nBe
\n(The reality)<\/p>\n
Comedy…
\n(Or tragedy?)
\nNo script
\n(No guarantee)<\/p>\n
[Outro]
\nThe lights stay on
\n(No fade away)
\nThe story moves
\n(It won’t replay)<\/p>\n
No!
\n(This ain’t no theater)
\nJust life
\n(All the way)
\n… love is rife….<\/p>\n