Put your makeup on Be the mime they’ve always wanted Actors in a show Dramatization and fallacies In performance mode Blending in with all the faces Putting on a show Fulfilling all of their fantasies Cheering on, curtain call Rewards in the form of praise Memorize every line Or you will be left backstage So just stick to the script Play the role that they’re expecting But behind the scenes This is not who I want to be Life is a war of theatre The audience applause is a victory to you Staying in character But underneath the mask You don’t know who I am Only who you think I am(x2) “Be a mime don’t say a word” Staying silent in this war is conforming to society Raise your voice until it’s heard I am one of a kind I’ll never let you rewrite me Oh-wee-oh, Oh-wee-oh Can’t fit me in a mold You can’t turn me into a clone(so) Oh-wee-oh, Oh-wee-oh I’d rather be a mime with a voice that I can call my own Be nothing special, be nothing new, be nothing unique You could be nothing at all just camouflage in the scenery Locked inside of an invisible box of lies A mime in a war zone still playing the part in full disguise In the heavy spotlight that feels like a target on my back Close the final curtain but I’m still under attack In the limelight, I can’t recognize my own reflection Still wearing a facade to keep the crowd’s attention Life is a war of theatre The audience applause is a victory to you Staying in character But underneath the mask You don’t know who I am Only who you think I am Even then it’s all a sham(so) “Shy away and be the same” Or stand out like a clown in a colorless society I’ll take my place at center stage I am one of a kind I’ll never let you re-cast me Oh-wee-oh, Oh-wee-oh Can’t fit me in a mold You can’t turn me into a clone(so) Oh-wee-oh, Oh-wee-oh I’m not marching on my own I won’t fight this war alone Dressed up head to toe, in clown makeup We’re a harmonizing army covered in rainbow war paint Let’s give them a show, they won’t forget What they thought to be a voiceless mime An act they’ve seen a thousand times Rebels against the scripted lines And breaks the box they’re trapped inside “Be a mime don’t say a word” Staying silent in this war is conforming to society Scream out loud, we will be heard There’s no need to rehearse There is no need to pretend Charge upstage and take your aim We’ll stand out like a clown in a colorless society Onward now and take a bow We’re taking off our masks and we’ll never let you change us Oh-wee-oh, Oh-wee-oh Can’t fit me in a mold You can’t turn me into a clone(so) Oh-wee-oh, Oh-wee-oh I’m putting on a show I will make this stage my own Oh-wee-oh, Oh-wee-oh Can’t fit me in a mold You can’t turn me into a clone(so) Oh-wee-oh, Oh-wee-oh The crowd will all rejoice for a mime that finally has a voice

Put your makeup on Be the mime they’ve always wanted Actors in a show Dramatization and fallacies In performance mode Blending in with all the faces Putting on a show Fulfilling all of their fantasies Cheering on, curtain call Rewards in the form of praise Memorize every line Or you will be left backstage So just stick to the script Play the role that they’re expecting But behind the scenes This is not who I want to be Life is a war of theatre The audience applause is a victory to you Staying in character But underneath the mask You don’t know who I am Only who you think I am(x2) “Be a mime don’t say a word” Staying silent in this war is conforming to society Raise your voice until it’s heard I am one of a kind I’ll never let you rewrite me Oh-wee-oh, Oh-wee-oh Can’t fit me in a mold You can’t turn me into a clone(so) Oh-wee-oh, Oh-wee-oh I’d rather be a mime with a voice that I can call my own Be nothing special, be nothing new, be nothing unique You could be nothing at all just camouflage in the scenery Locked inside of an invisible box of lies A mime in a war zone still playing the part in full disguise In the heavy spotlight that feels like a target on my back Close the final curtain but I’m still under attack In the limelight, I can’t recognize my own reflection Still wearing a facade to keep the crowd’s attention Life is a war of theatre The audience applause is a victory to you Staying in character But underneath the mask You don’t know who I am Only who you think I am Even then it’s all a sham(so) “Shy away and be the same” Or stand out like a clown in a colorless society I’ll take my place at center stage I am one of a kind I’ll never let you re-cast me Oh-wee-oh, Oh-wee-oh Can’t fit me in a mold You can’t turn me into a clone(so) Oh-wee-oh, Oh-wee-oh I’m not marching on my own I won’t fight this war alone Dressed up head to toe, in clown makeup We’re a harmonizing army covered in rainbow war paint Let’s give them a show, they won’t forget What they thought to be a voiceless mime An act they’ve seen a thousand times Rebels against the scripted lines And breaks the box they’re trapped inside “Be a mime don’t say a word” Staying silent in this war is conforming to society Scream out loud, we will be heard There’s no need to rehearse There is no need to pretend Charge upstage and take your aim We’ll stand out like a clown in a colorless society Onward now and take a bow We’re taking off our masks and we’ll never let you change us Oh-wee-oh, Oh-wee-oh Can’t fit me in a mold You can’t turn me into a clone(so) Oh-wee-oh, Oh-wee-oh I’m putting on a show I will make this stage my own Oh-wee-oh, Oh-wee-oh Can’t fit me in a mold You can’t turn me into a clone(so) Oh-wee-oh, Oh-wee-oh The crowd will all rejoice for a mime that finally has a voice