Tempest Song Lyrics

Caliban and Ariel they're playin' dice in the back hall

While Prospero sniffs magic dust in the bathroom stall

And the extras in the wings, they couldn't care less at all

They're just waiting for their moment on the stage

But me I'm all alone out here, the floodlights burn my eyes

The part that I've been playin' has cut me down to size

Wish I was in the crowd scene with all those other guys

I've lost my lines and everything's so strange

The ink keeps disappearing from the page

I thought I knew the script so well when I was safe at home

You played the part of a star and I played the part of a stone

Then the ship began to sink and the sea began to groan

With the tempest's winds whistling' all around

The magician in the plot had an agenda for the crew

Had an angel in his bond and a demon on the loose

He caused so much confusion he reminded me of you

Before the things between us had to change

The ink keeps disappearing from the page

Now my charms are all o'erthrown

And what strength I have's mine own

Which is most faint: now, 'tis true

I must be here confined by you

As from your crimes would pardon'd be

Let your indulgence set me free

I used to be an actor till I got lost in the play

I thought I was a sailor that the winds had blown astray

Then I wound up on the island and I couldn't get away

Or not until the final curtain call

Sometimes I think our story is hidden in the lines

Like you and I were dreams inside the Writer's mind

We shared a scene together, but just for that short time

And it's our last performance, I'm afraid

The ink keeps disappearing from the page