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
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 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