Stages

Please suggest a word that can keep me safe
This world has crushed me to the bones that I am made
I want to blame the flashing lights and the dancing parade
Everyone realizes one day that we all wear a masquerade
The real choices in life are those our eyes covet like a poem written to serenade
Minds are dangerous places for the ones who do not understand and lie in shade
The song is almost over forever as the crowd stand up and we leave alone across the empty stage .