This song is about expectations and the games people play.
Lyrics
STARTING POINT (We live for the stage)
Can we be sureal for a while
Need a starting point
So I chose the straight path
of twisted deciet
With all their polite smiles
Contented nods of approval
But we live for the stage
I'll stare onward
with a crooked smile
Surrounded by the punters on the floor
You're looking so good from a distance
In that moment I can see
the whirlpool of confusion
that could have been
But you're looking so good from a distance
With all intentions made clear
Can we walk away?
Five years on
still "moving up" through
those eyes of those who thought "they knew"
they were nodding approval...
...All the choices I have made
I'll stroll by with him
down your street
Armies of taxis passing by
Still hoping to catch a glimpse of you
Even my "good man"
Won't amount to my expectations
Now we'll all die alone
In this mediocre existence
But we live for the stage
I'll stare onward
with a crooked smile
Surrounded by the punters on the floor
You're looking so good from a distance
In that moment I can see
the whirlpool of confusion
that could have been
But youre looking so good from a distance
With all intentions made clear
Can we walk away?
Copyright 2005 Sonja Van den berg