To win recognition The love of my peers Their words-now my word Their battles-now my battles My friends, their enemies-now my enemies In so doing I won Fame, flattery ,friends, fans Yet, I lost one One most preciousβMy soul.
So now when I look At that silver screen That pitiless creature A visage I see One tired of fake expressions And empty emotions A barren world of crags and cracks Hidden beneath pretention and paint
This visage is not of mine but one of theirs And I am it's bearer
Now I see a child Among giants it walks A mortal among gods A god among mortals Fearless in its visage It follows itself and none other Its face is jubilant with a light A light of innocent wisdom-- Of righteous anger It is a fertile world, lovely With colours of life