The Act We Act

I?m watching you walk

As you walk that distant way

Take that thing away from me

Take away most everything

I couldn't say I?d blame you

But you should never look in back

You wouldn't be to blame

If you couldn't take it back

Hours slipping by as you watch

The worlds collide

And now you?re nothing more

Than another passerby

The dark it turns to light

In a distant flash of night

I'm rolling with the tide, I confide

The act we wear it thin again

If affection holds you back

Oh, then what is left to hold

If I could find the answer

To that question then I?d know

The thoughts that clutter up your mind

And leave me feeling drained

And walking, pacing up the walls

Across the floor again

And all the things I haven?t seen

Once the final curtain has been raised

The act, we act is wearing thin

The act, we act we under my skin

The words, the words we said goodbye

The words left choking in my mind

The act, we act is wearing thin

I think we wear it out again

Another big explosion

Leaving you hoping

That something that once held you down

Could leave you feeling on the ground

The confusion that persists

Decisions that you guessed

The one to stay and watch this

The one you might have missed

All the things I haven?t seen

Once the final curtain has been raised

The act, we act is wearing thin

The act, we act we under my skin

The words, the words we said goodbye

The words left choking in my mind

The act, we act is wearing thin

I think we wear it out again, now

The act, we act we under my skin, now

The act, we act we under my

Forming a conclusion

And you?re left standing