VNV Nation - Off Screen lyrics

The lighting is set
Are we ready to play out the scene?
Discarding direction
Instinctively playing the leads
Cast in dangerous roles
Cameos of us in our lives
Try to outshine the spotlights
Lines we've improvised

Precious lies
Words that we say to ease our minds
Hide our face behind a mask contrived
To lose ourselves a thousand times inside
This is where we draw the line
There's nothing else to give
But what you see
Only sacrifice in blood and tears

Silver flickering lights
Impressions unfold on the screen
Silhouetted in half-truths
Bathe in the glow of a silver dream
Living life off the stage, tragedy to victory
Shadows of past lives in the final scenes

Precious lies
Words that we say to ease our minds
Hide our face behind a mask contrived
To lose ourselves a thousand times inside
This is where we draw the line
There's nothing else to give
But what you see
Only sacrifice in blood and tears

Precious lies
Words that we say to ease our minds
Hide our face behind a mask contrived
To lose ourselves a thousand times inside
This is where we draw the line
There's nothing else to give
But what you see only sacrifice and tears

Precious lies
Words that we say to ease our minds
Hide our face behind a mask contrived
To lose ourselves a thousand times inside
This is where we draw the line
There's nothing else to give
But what you see
Only sacrifice in blood and tears