[Intro talking]
You guys know this one.
[Audience screams]
Yeah, [Breathy laugh]
I want you to help me sing this.
[Audience scream]
I'm not lazy, trust me,
…just…tired…
[Audience screams]
Alright, alright, start quietly…
Ready?
[Audience quiets]
[Verse 1 | Singer starts to sing but the audience takes the lead]
Lights are flickering
People whispering
That puppy whimpered
That man snickered
A chair scrapes backwards
Somebody sighs
That man stands in the corner
With storm in his eyes
Footsteps echo
Nobody turns
made of questions
That nobody learns
[Prechorus]
They laugh like it’s effortless
I learned it by design
But every smile I give
Feels like it’s out of line
[Chorus | Audience starts to echo him]
If the world is a stage then I missed my cue
No spotlight waits for me
déjà vu
I’m moving through people
They move right through
If the world is alive then I must be dead
A living dead of course
A walking corpse
A walking corpse
[Verse 2 | Singer tries to keep pace, audience interrupts softly]
Reading their laughter
All in morse code
Every expression a lock
On a metal door
They talk in colors
Hearing in grey
Every “hello” feels
Far away
Someone says “join us”
I almost tried
But my hands feel far
From another life
[Prechorus]
They laugh like it’s effortless
I learned it by design
But every smile I give
Feels like it’s out of line
[Chorus | More fragmented, crowd joins in unevenly]
If the world is a stage then I missed my cue
No spotlight waits for me
déjà vu
I’m moving through people
They move right through
If the world is alive then I must be dead
A living dead of course
A walking corpse
A walking corpse
[Verse 3 | quieter, almost slipping out of sync]
counting heartbeats
Of passing trains
Like they understand
The silent rain
The world keeps spinning
Too bright, too fast
living in moments
That never last
And somewhere distant
A version of me
Laughs with the living
Fades at the surface
[Prechorus]
They laugh like it’s effortless
I learned it by design
But every smile I give
Feels like it’s out of line
[Chorus]
If the world is a stage then I missed my cue
No spotlight waits for me
déjà vu
I’m moving through people
They move right through
If the world is alive then I must be dead
A living dead of course
A walking corpse
A walking corpse
[Talking]
Come on, one more time
[Chorus crowd sings alone]
If the world is a stage then I missed my cue
No spotlight waits for me
déjà vu
I’m moving through people
They move right through
If the world is alive then I must be dead
A living dead of course
A walking corpse
A walking corpse
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