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Alasdair Roberts
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Our masters distract us with catches and glees
Unnatural laughter and vacuous screech
Ah, but we will unmask them, unmask them with ease
For we are the actors, we've taken the stage
Yeah, we are the actors, we've taken the stage
Our patrons are wallowing in great velvet seats
So keenly suspending their deep disbelief
As long as they're swallowing our poise and decease
Our fate runs to glory and never to grief
Our fate runs to glory and never to grief
Well, as long as we're comic, the crowd is in tears
But when we wax tragic, they set their time limits
We give them our magic, they block up their ears
Yet they turn a blind eye when we stick to the script
Stick to the script
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And when we've departed, the critics will rave
Ah, the casting was matchless, the staging was brave
It fractured in places, but still we must praise
The fact that those actors commanded our gaze
The fact that those actors commanded our gaze
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