Thespian

Vicious rumors shake the truth out of my existence
 The plague of desperate hope sticking to my spawning thoughts
 The arrogance of intellect devoured by reality checks...
 All the outcomes I've predicted...
 None have found the here and now. Anyhow...
 The thread's been cut, my hubris shut. Lessons to be learned...
 Stare and see - the face of the madman!
 More than a mask in a play misunderstood
 Applaud the scene!
 So brilliantly staged as in life itself
 No flaw! I believed it...
 Well deceived - the curse of the scared man
 The twitching dance to desperation's tune
 Crawling down on me - the tears of the sad man
 Force-fed insight, that nothing is immune
 Ovations for the thespian!
 Of utmost importance!
 Waving to the blazing light of the afterlife...
 As doubtful eyes give lie to the tongue
 Like a wicked song about to be sung
 I peel off the bleeding mask to reveal whats underneath
 Howling of agony! For the false grimace has grown on me
 Suddenly sane! Rid of pain! Epiphany that struck me way too late!
 Empty are the seats...
 No one there to see
 Oh the blazing light...
 No one left but me
 Slowly risen from the bleakest depths
 The seeker has found what he needed to find
 But the very implication of fulfilling fears
 Are worse to him than being torn to pieces
 Torn to pieces!
 Stare and see - the fate of the mad man!
 More than a task in a life misunderstood
 Down on his knees with the eyes of a dead man
 Tapping rock bottom for the shards of what was good
 Ovations for the thespian!
 Of utmost importance!
 Waving to the blazing light of the afterlife...
 Towards the blazing light!