Impression Of A Car Crash

As I applied the grease-paint slow, mirrors lit, in the back
Warming up the vocalchords
Peeking out behind the curtain
Crowd fills the rows
First a hum and then a whisper

Deep breath
Careful steps so I don't trip
Walking up to where the tape marks my spot
The lights come up
One breath and then I'm in it (then I'm in it)

Was an actor on a stage
Trying to project to the back
Let the nosebleeds know I was happy, then sad
Tried be clear through all of the space
Fought to hold the attention

I gestured wildly
Made the motions big
Made myself so big you couldn't miss me
Frantic throwing of the arms
Sick contortion of the face
My best impression of a car crash
So you couldn't look away
You couldn't look away

But later on I watched the tape, saw that I got it wrong
The acrobatics don't translate
Disappeared in the context
All the audience saw was a shiver

I gestured wildly
Made the motions big
Made myself so big you couldn't miss me
Frantic throwing of the arms
Sick contortion of the face
My best impression of a car crash
I thought I gestured wildly
Made the motions big
Made myself so big
You couldn't miss me
Frantic throwing of the arms
My best impression of a car crash
So you couldn't look away