Death At The Movies

It’s hard to adjust your eyes after the matinee

From the womb of the theater to the light of day

But you’ve got something to think about on the ride home

And you’ve got something to talk about if you’re not alone

Outside the walls I hear sirens

Fade to black, dramatic irony

Before my eyes, after the previews

I can relate, you do what we do

So I’m alive in the final act

The spirits did it all in an hour and a half

Bring me to pain, bring me to relief

Turn off my brain, suspend my disbelief

There’s a beautiful score I’ll never hear

When my vision blurs it rings in my ears

I must be saved

I must be saved before the end

There’s a wonderful line I can’t remember

I can’t rewind so I better remember

Must be saved

I must be saved before the end

The hero stands up and the blood rushes out of his head

But you can still see him breathing after he’s dead

And after the soul is gone, his body’s back to himself

You’ll say “Oh, who is he? I seen him in something else”

And so I pray to the movie screen

That I’ll be shown something I’ve never seen

A revelation, I can sense it

But this part don’t make any sense yet

If heaven is a film that never ends

And all the characters are my friends

Or is that what we call a tv show

Or is that the real life that we’re living now

There’s a beautiful score I’ll never hear

When my vision blurs it rings in my ears

I must be saved

I must be saved before the end

There’s a wonderful line I can’t remember

I can’t rewind so I better remember

Must be saved

I must be saved before the end

Everyone left the theater

Everyone but me

Could’ve been better, had such potential