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Cue the lights, cue the stage, cue the jokes that never age. Step right up, the show’s begun, cue the laughter—three, two, one. I stub my toe—they howl with glee, I whisper fears—they roar at me. The punchline’s lost, the joke’s unclear, but every pause still pulls a cheer. Did I miss the script? Did I break the scene? Did I ever know what this all means? (HA-HA-HA!) They laugh at nothing! (HA-HA-HA!) They laugh at me! (HA-HA-HA!) The track keeps rolling… Even when I cease to be. I fall, they cheer—I sit, applause. A joke lands flat? They burst in awe. I try to scream, I try to cry— but all I hear is canned replies. Maybe I was never here. Maybe I was never real. Maybe I just filled a space— a character, a scripted place. (HA-HA-HA!) They laugh at nothing! (HA-HA-HA!) They laugh at me! (HA-HA-HA!) The track keeps rolling… Even when I cease to be. "And… scene."
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"And now… back to our regularly scheduled programming." Cue the lights, cue the stage, cue the jokes that never age. Step right up, the show’s begun, cue the laughter—three, two, one. I stub my toe—they howl with glee, I whisper fears—they roar at me. The punchline’s lost, the joke’s unclear, but every pause still pulls a cheer. Did I miss the script? Did I break the scene? Did I ever know what this all means? (HA-HA-HA!) They laugh at nothing! (HA-HA-HA!) They laugh at me! (HA-HA-HA!) The track keeps rolling… Even when I cease to be. I fall, they cheer—I sit, applause. A joke lands flat? They burst in awe. I try to scream, I try to cry— but all I hear is canned replies. Maybe I was never here. Maybe I was never real. Maybe I just filled a space— a character, a scripted place. (HA-HA-HA!) They laugh at nothing! (HA-HA-HA!) They laugh at me! (HA-HA-HA!) The track keeps rolling… Even when I cease to be. "And… scene."
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