00:11Something moves behind the lights
00:18Something the cameras never frame
00:26A shadow older than the applause
01:11They sell you dreams in perfect frames
01:14Smile for the lens, forget the names
01:18Golden velvet open doors
01:22But the real stage is under the floor
01:26Every spotlight is carefully aimed
01:30Every story is carefully claimed
01:34They write the scripts we all believe
01:37Turn the real into make-believe
01:41Power protects its own reflection
01:45Silence becomes the purest collection
01:49The crowd keeps cheering, the lights stay bright
01:52No one asks who owns the night
01:56Everyone watches the show they designed
02:00Nobody questions the ones who sighed
02:04The curtain never falls
02:06The house always wins
02:10The same faces keep the keys
02:16While the rest of us pretend
02:19We don't see the wires
02:27We don't see the wires
02:36They build the stages
02:37They cast the roles
02:39They choose the heroes
02:41They dig the holes
02:43The audience never sees the cost
02:47The price is paid by the ones who are lost
02:51History is written by the ones who remain
02:54The rest become footnotes with no name
02:59They own the mirrors that shape the face
03:02They own the language that fills the space
03:06What is spoken is only the surface
03:09What is hidden is the real purpose
03:13The machine keeps turning, the songs stay sweet
03:17While the floorboards creak beneath our feet
03:21Some doors only open from the inside
03:25Some names never make the credits
03:28Some truths stay buried under applause
03:32Some hands never leave the controls
03:37Watch the stage
03:39But watch the wings
03:41Watch the faces that
03:43Never rage
03:44Never rage
03:45Watch the silence that
03:46Always sings
03:49The curtain never falls
03:53The house always wins
03:57The house always wins
03:59The same hands keep the keys
04:02While the rest of us pretend
04:06We don't see the wires
04:12We don't see the wires
04:20We don't see the wires
04:23We don't see the wires
04:26The wires
04:32The wires
04:35The wires
04:35The wires
04:35The wires
04:38Something moves behind the lights
04:44Something older than the fame
04:50The show goes on
04:54The curtain never falls
04:57The curtain never falls
05:00The curtain never falls
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