Hundreds of Lives
I am a princess left in the highest tower
I am a dainty growing flower
I am the lead singer in a band
I’m the known outlaw in the land
I’m a girl who is locked in a room
With a man and a gun, she’s going to die soon
I’m a girl who likes to tease her sister
Over the fact that she’s found her mister
I am a girl who dances on the bar table
Who laughs and sings as long as she’s able
I’m a boy, a thief in the streets
Robbing everyone that he meets.
I’m an orphan on the streets of London
Finding nothing, praying for somethin’
I’m a dancer who life has turned;
Her boyfriend is married, she just learned
I am all these people and many more besides
For, you see, I’ve lived hundreds of lives
I am an actress, this is what I do
I make other people’s lives come true.
I feel their joy, I feel their sorrow
I feel the loss when they won’t be there tomorrow
I act their lives, but they’re a part of me
As essential a part as there ever could be
When I get onstage and speak my lines
They are with me all the time
I’m not crazy, I’m just speaking the truth
These people are as real as me and you
And as I live their lives each night,
They continue to stay alive
When the curtain closes, and the performance ends
I have found myself some inner friends
So, who I am, you ask. It’s hard to tell
There is so much to me, but I’m them as well.
For when you share in someone life,
There is no chance of saying goodbye.