1. actors

i was there when the penny dropped and the whole world fell apart i was there when all hope died replaced with nothing at all and the actors took their place called from the central casting bar as the scenery fell and curtains came crashing down used to worry about money used to worry about fame don’t worry about those things any more i worry about everything else instead i was there when it all hit home and the engines started to fail

i was there when all love burnt replaced with ashes of shame and the actors took their marks in the stage lights weighing emptiness as the audience poured out the door used to worry about work worry about you don’t worry about those things any more just worry about truth we’re just actors on a page letters on a stage fates the author of our unwitting ways whatever you say or do we’re just actors on a queue fates the author of our stories dear

fates the author of our stories dear hold me near hold me dear i’m you fare i’m your fare i was there when the music stopped and the whole carried on i was there when the paint dried and the compass turned in your eyes and the actors stood outside smoking hungry for another job staring at the beggars faces looking for an expression to rob used to worry about youth worry about the few don’t worry about those things any more just worry about you

we’re just actors on a page letters on a stage fate’s the author of our platitudes whatever you say or do we’re just actors on a queue joni’s strung out on icy altitudes hold me dear hold me near hold me dear i’m you fare i was there when the penny dropped and the whole world fell apart i was there when all hope died replaced with nothing at all

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