For those who wish to seem
Those who wish to be must put aside the alienation
Get on with the fascination
Ill-equipped to act, with insufficient tact
For those who wish to seem
Living in the limelight, the universal dream
I can't pretend a stranger is a long-awaited friend
Caught in the camera eye, I have no heart to lie
Cast in this unlikely role
Living in the limelight, the universal dream
Those who wish to be must put aside the alienation
The real relation, the underlying theme
Living in a fish eye lens
The real relation, the underlying theme
Get on with the fascination
Those who wish to be must put aside the alienation
One must put up barriers to keep oneself intact
All the world's indeed a stage
In touch with some reality beyond the gilded cage
The real relation, the underlying theme
Get on with the fascination
And we are merely player, performers and portrayer's
Each another's audience outside the gilded cage
For those who wish to seem
Living in the limelight, the universal dream
