life motion picture

play the lead again
for the picture you paint in your head.
cry the plea again
for the role that you’ll play to the end-
‘cause you think that you’re free
from the powers that be
and you think you’re exempt
from conceit or contempt
‘cause you think you’ll appease
your despair your disease
try again... try again.
roll the scene again
for the fable you live in your head.
face the need again
for the tale that you’ll tell in the end...