First Take Strut

[Verse One]

A clear film over me makes a laminated nosebleed

And my ability to feel – a loneliness I keep close to my chest

Floating over the motel, nobody giving me more towels

Too much time to kill, pink script on the windowsill

I need to find a way to tear up

‘Cause you can tell if it’s made up

Lighting up the place illuminates your face

See through your flaws

[Chorus]

You can hide everything but the eyes

Only experience gonna find ways to sell lies

Improvise your way out of a tight spot

No way you’re ever gonna get it on the first take

[Verse 2]

Everybody stand in line, giving digits like a valentine

You ain’t nothing but a number (nothing but a number), we ain’t getting younger

Since I stumbled into your line of work – I know I’m late to the fold, so I’ll do what I’m told

(I can’t say no)

Ain’t never been nobody’s hot stuff

Did I give too much or not enough?

Costume on the wall

Best bits left on the cutting room floor

[Chorus]

You can hide everything but the eyes

Only experience gonna find ways to sell lies

Improvise your way out of a tight spot

No way you’re ever gonna get it on the first take

[Outro]

This is a Façade

What you see is only the scars

Holding true to the authentic you

Fray at the seams

Perfect pictures ain’t what they seem

Tired eyes they can’t sleep they just scheme

There is a story to tell

Gather your people need new personnel

Cause a tall tale’s a hard one to sell

The blind leading the blind

In the end – you can’t hide from your mind

Flawed is how we are designed