The Show Is Over

from Works in Progress 2012-2024 by Henry David Floyd

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One day I woke up, with that feeling that you get sometimes
The sky is just the wrong shade of red, and all the clocks are showing the wrong time
Something's different, something definitely changed last night
A disembodied voice called to me, and this is what it said, it said "All right!"

[Chorus:]
The show is over, we timed thisngs a little funny tonight
How did you notice, perhaps the lights were running too bright
You weren't supposed to figure this out, that this was all a play for you
Usually the audience is fooled the whole time, but we messed up and you saw through

I took a step back, and asked a question that occurred to me
Who wrote this play then? Must be someone who dislikes reality
I called off stage then, said "Who are you man, who has the time?"
I squinted harder, and then I saw the face, and it was mine

[ Chorus ]

Out of one car and into another, whether you're a fighter or a lover
That's all that ever really happens, call it by one word or another
If death is coming don't call for your mother, it's intermission, get up
If you see the light at the end of the tunnel, they're just bringing the house lights up

So am I dead then, is that really what this means today?
How'd I do then, as an actor in this stupid play?
The answer echoed, he said "I was hoping you would know"
I shrugged my shoulders, grabbed my bags and said "I have to go"

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from Works in Progress 2012-2024, releases January 1, 2030

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