Self Applause

Have you ever noticed what a show we're putting on?
 Singing our own praises, painting our old faces
 The art of putting on airs in moments of despair
 The act of strutting on stage with egotistic rag
 A play of tragedy with self applause
 Lost in the sound of it
 Self applause
 The curtain comes down with self applause
 What is life when it's lived this way
 It's just a masquerade
 An empty shell, a living hell with self applause
 Self applause
 Here, with vanity aflame
 At the height of self acclaim
 A theatrical affair, the mimic rants and raves
 A sad charade with self applause
 Lost in the sound of it
 Self applause
 The curtain comes down with self applause
 "Oh, look at me"
 He cries out to the crowd
 But the audience is gone
 He is standing all alone with self applause
 Self applause
 Lost in the sound of it
 Self applause
 The curtain comes down with self applause