Limelight - Intellectual

[Verse 1]

Living on a lighted stage approaches the unreal

For those who think and feel

In touch with some reality beyond the gilded cage

Cast in this unlikely role, Ill-equipped to act

With insufficient tact

One must put up barriers to keep oneself intact

Living in the limelight, the universal dream

For those who wish to seem

Those who wish to be must put aside the alienation

Get on with the fascination

The real relation, the underlying theme

Living in a fisheye lens, caught in the camera eye

I have no heart to lie

I can't pretend a stranger is a long-awaited friend

All the world's indeed a stage, and we are merely players

Performers and portrayers

Each another's audience outside the gilded cage

Living in the limelight, the universal dream

For those who wish to seem

Those who wish to be must put aside the alienation

Get on with the fascination

The real relation, the underlying theme

Living in the limelight, the universal dream

For those who wish to seem

Those who wish to be must put aside the alienation

Get on with the fascination

The real relation, the underlying theme