Ben Greaves - Looking Back lyrics

There's no point Looking Back After the final bow Before the fade to Black As the curtain falls The audience Has seen it all Before They recognise your face But they don't know your name There's always someone different Yet still somehow the same It doesn't matter to them They're here for the show So don't pretend That just because you got the lead It doesn't make you a star If nobody came Because they know who you are They saw the poster And the flashing lights With the promise of another way To k** a night Your life's a one man show And the world is your stage Make the most of what you've got Whilst you can still act your age Why not wait until you're older You can drink Champagne Once a week instead of whiskey Every single day Now you're two parts medicine And one regret The rest has been dead for years You still pretend That you never gave a sh** But you can barely see Through your tears You've got to open your mouth You've got to make yourself heard You've got to stop reading somebody else's words You've got to stand your ground You've got to make a sound So everyone can hear you've got to make it loud Before you fade away They'd just as soon replace you With another face That's the same Now you've got yourself a different role You can choose what you wanna wear Change your style, change your voice And the colour of your hair ‘Cos you don't want the world to realise That you ever really cared When the lights are on, you're the only one Who knew you were scared You never stopped to argue You just went along And followed every line Until you reach the song So whilst distracted you can act As if you didn't get it wrong As you stand and hope that it's not long Until the night is done