A Tailor Made Role

It's all in the suit that you wear.
So paint your face,
mask on and ready.
The curtain's coming up,
be still, be steady.
The whisper of the crowd is a fervent frenzy,
and they'll eat you alive, if you miss step.
Remember your lines.
Remember your breath.
No mistakes this time, keep it in check.

Glass grin wide.
And keep your feet moving.
Give it all for the moment,
heart committed to losing.
You better make them love you.
So don't bring your 'wrong' or your 'too much',
they want the act without the crutch.
Don't do damaged, make it pretty.
Make it magical, make it witty.

Can you hear it?
The warm applause of empty praise.
Hold it close,
and take a bow as they dissipate.
And in the quiet dark discern,
which suit you'll wear,
and which one you'll burn.

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"Hey you, someone said you were lost out there
In the grip, trying to strangle us all down here
In the meantime, are you ever gonna set us free
Hey you, will we ever get out of here?

Are you ever gonna surrender
do you even care
Wasn't talking about sweet submission
It wasn't even there

All in the suit that you wear
When you're looking for something
It's in the suit that you wear
when you're hiding from someone
All in the suit that you wear
When you wear it

Hey You, you keep a-walking the razor
On the edge, you cut your feet when you stand in there
In the meantime, there's always someone to set you free
Hey You, will you ever get out of there

Are you ever gonna surrender
do you even care
Wasn't talking about sweet submission
It wasn't even there

All in the suit that you wear
When you're looking for something
It's in the suit that you wear
when you're hiding from someone
All in the suit that you wear
When you wear it"

- Stone Temple Pilots