Strike a Pose then Strike the Set

Strike a Pose then Strike the Set

The glass is cracking but I can’t let on
More smoke to hide mirrors I’m built upon
If I can hold on for just one more song
I might get along. I might finish strong.

I will just fake it until I make it
and when I make it I will make it good
I will not let go until I take it
Like I convinced myself I really could.

I will have the girls all sing the breakdown.
Focus on them because I’m breaking down.
I will have the girls all sing the breakdown.
They’re in the spotlight while I’m taken down.

I button up my alpha overcoat
Over my beta shirt so it won’t show
The gamma-delta tooth-marks on my throat
Not worth a zeta, eta, iota though

I will just try it until they buy it
then they will probably buy it all.
I can just hold this pose and keep quiet
I will be an idol that will not fall.

I will have the girls all sing the breakdown.
Focus on them because I’m breaking down.
I will have the girls all sing the breakdown.
They’re in the spotlight while I’m taken down.

I’ll pray a little harder when I pray,
borrow a bit more for the dues I pay,
push the pencil harder on shades of gray,add volume ‘til the pressure goes away.

I will just act until it is a fact.
When it’s a fact it will be common sense;
A dollar that’s full faith and credit backed;
A border cause that’s where I put a fence.

I will have the girls all sing the breakdown.
Focus on them because I’m breaking down.
I will have the girls all sing the breakdown.
They’re in the spotlight while I’m taken down.

I hear the angels singing the breakdown.
They sing so pretty. Hear the words they say.
I hear the angels singing the breakdown.
Increase the volume as I fade away.

I hear the angels singing the breakdown
I can feel myself moving off the stage.
I hear the angels all singing the breakdown
as I come to the end of the page.