I am just an actor

Living play by play

I got no thought for the time

I walk on when they tell me

I do the thing so strange

I wonder how to say the line

And people come

And then they leave

After they laugh roll up their sleeves

They say hey that play changed my life

And it's lonely

Walking to the underground

A lonely trail uptown

And the only thing that gets me by is drinking wine in the dark

Then my heart don't have to lie

It can just breathe

I am just an actor

Living lie by lie

I try to make you believe

So watch me roll across the floor

Live love never dreamed before

But I got nothing when you leave

So I swim into my sea

Where mermaids blue lips set me free

And wishes wash the winter from my mind

And it's lonely living in a dreamland

A lonely crown on my head

But the only thing that gets me by is painting rhymes on the dark

Then my heart don't have to part

It can just breathe

So I am an actor

Living part by part

They start to walk to one

Have you heard the tale

Of the man who seemed to only fail

But don't you love him when he's down

Oh that's where you'll find me

Helmet in my hands

Singing to the ocean as long as I can stand

And it's lonely

Living as a mirror

With everyone and no one by your side

But it's the only thing that gets me by

A play till I'm in the dark

And my heart don't have to play

It can just breathe