The Actor Songtext
von Ray Wilson

I smile at the misplaced faces
Trying to convince myself
That all the answers lie with me
I look at my broken picture
Find it so hard to believe
As now the past comes back to haunt me

It′s alright, I'm alright
I just need to believe
I′m not afraid anymore
I will feel my way back
Lay your hands on me

Wish I hadn't been so vain
Been and gone and thrown away
Regrets I keep, the blame I give to me

It's alright, I′m alright
I just need to believe
I′m not afraid anymore
I will feel my way back
Lay your hands on me


Here's the point I raise blame
And discipline the fool inside my head
Where nothing′s fair and no one's there
To honor all mistakes I′ve made
And looking through my own debris
I see nothing but me and more of me
It's so distressing, all the blessing
Never seems to fall on me

The pictures framed to form an etch
The truth it lies within the heart
It′s funny how we live this life
And never seem to live enough
I won't be true, 'cause I can′t seem to
It′s only just a state of mind
That time and time and time and time again
It changes

I swallow what I want to say
I'm broken up
I cannot breathe
I cannot be
I need, I need to
All and all and
Every time I follow you
See it out, see it out of blinded eyes


It′s alright, I'm alright
I just need to believe
I′m not afraid anymore
I will feel my way back
Lay your hands on me