Living on a lighted stage approaches the unreal   For those who think and feel   In touch with some reality beyond the gilded cage      Cast in this unlikely role, ill-equipped to act   With insufficient tact   One must put up barriers to keep oneself intact      Living in the limelight, the universal dream   For those who wish to seem   Those who wish to be   Must put aside the alienation   Get on with the fascination   The real relation   The underlying theme      Living in a fisheye lens caught in the camera eye   I have no heart to lie   I can't pretend a stranger is a long-awaited friend      All the world's indeed a stage and we are merely players   Performers and portrayers   Each another's audience   Outside the gilded cage      Living in the limelight, the universal dream   For those who wish to seem   Those who wish to be   Must put aside the alienation   Get on with the fascination   The real relation   The underlying theme