The World Stage

Tower of cards, your honesty In what you present Resentment forged, a fallacy How quick we forget Garden of snakes lay coiled At the base of your feet Out of your mouth emerging Is a web of deceit All the world is all a stage A setting dressed for you The windowpane as clear as day The lie in perfect view A constant shift to stay away Controlling what you do A straining fate, to cement in place Dying to come through To fabricate reality With selfish intent Manipulatе the scenery Into what you invеnt Crocodile tears stream slowly As you conjure the myth Accepting lies whole hearted As a case of respite A veil of gray, shattering Behind the fraud A constant front, burdening All their applause Daft in depth and veracity Hiding in sight Panning liability This same old plight All the world is all a stage A setting dressed for you The windowpane as clear as day The lie in perfect view A constant shift to stay away Controlling what you do A straining fate, to cement in place Dying to come through