Silent Stage (2010)

(Hello.) Carry out another lost
(cause) of my problem is that I
(lack) of feeling and attachment from 
(her) eyes never look my 
(way) to Hell and back is littered with 
(my intentions) were in my own
(self interest) is all I have left. 

So force it down
Force down another swig of reason
There is no way to deny it's keen, enlightening stare

Now you're forcing me to quit
But I'm withdrawing of my own accord
The words are flowing inward and outward
But there's no way to judge how they're received
If the reception takes place at all anymore

For I've watched the next scene in this play
Where the small town boy finds his voice
And he tells the big city girl about his feelings 
And the curtain closes with a sense of dejection
The crowd all rising in protest of the woman
And how she couldn't show him the time of day
And how they really all know about the big city boy
But they can't tell small town boy; that's not the way shows are run
And when the curtain opens up again
The. crowd has already left 
Because like the man in the play
They know it never really gets any better
That this is Broadway in modern times
Pessimism
It's all that you'll ever see
That's all I ever see

I'm a fair actor though
So I'm going to front that it doesn't affect me
But what I really want you to know is this:

You have played your part for far too long
And now, much like the crowd,
I, too, will be departing.