ROLE
OF A LIFETIME
Bare: A Pop Opera
Music by DAMON INTRABARTOLO
Lyrics by JON HARTMERE
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Ev 'ry thing's an act when you're pleas ing ev 'ry one. And
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he as sumes that role to such re nown. He
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plays a per fect part, straight from his heart, know ing the risk he takes and
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hop ing that the house is not brought down. The
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role of a life time, it's liv ing a fan ta sy, a
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dra ma that you strug gle to e rase.
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Thoughts bat tle words o ver deeds, a war with such cas ual ties, all
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played out be hind a smi ling face.
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God, I need your guid ance. Tell me what it means to
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live a life where no thing's as it
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seems. Spend ing days in si lent fear, and spend ing nights in lone ly prayer,
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hop ing that one day when you wake those feel ing won't be
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there.
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So con fused be cause I feel com plete with him. When
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we're a lone it all some how makes sense. I
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look in to his eyes for some com pro mise. Re mem ber the word for get, and
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try to bu ry some thing so in tense. You
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learn to play the straight man. your lines be come rou tine,
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nev er real ly say ing what you
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mean. But I know the scene will change. White pic ket fen ces and a dog,
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a tro phy bride and child ren. God, I know that's what he wants.
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But, Ja son, what role do I play? Am I a sav ior or a phase?
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Am I here to damn you or to help you nav i gate this
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maze where con fu sion is a crime, so you fill your life with sound,
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and if you dance like hell you hope you'll nev er touch the ground?
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What hap pens when the mu sic stops? In the si lence will he stay?
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One day he'll real lize that these feel ings aren't go ing a way.
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So we drive our selves in sane, spin ning cir cles in our souls
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as we dance a round and play pre tend, then once a gain,
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re prise our roles.
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