Theatre (live)

from Virgin On The Ridiculous by Twelfth Night

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Recorded live at The Marquee on 28 November 1986, in front of a very enthusiastic and tuneful audience, this was the penultimate performance of Twelfth Night in the 1980s.

As it was one of the last songs to be finished for the album there are very few alternative recordings of this song. It was rarely played live and this is one of the only performances captured on tape.

lyrics

Charade, caprice
Risqué, affectedly chic
En role, 'Au Naturel'
The show is over
On with the show

As the make-up breaks up
Out of the crack, charisma flows
Look at the face, look at the face
Look at the, Look at the, Look l,l,l...

A gilt/guilt disguise
Belies a silvery tongue
Undone! And after all
Well, it's hard –
The light's in your eyes!

You'll never believe theatre
The lies and deceit – theatre

We go too far
Never content with who we are
Look at the face, look at the face
Look at the, look at the, look l,l,l...

We laugh, we feel
So nice, and none of it real
It's all unnatural
A tragic performance -
Tears in my eyes

Don't ever believe theatre
The lights and the dreams theatre

Row to row, there they go – count them in
They go – "oh, oh, oh, no, no, oh no –
No way, no way, no, no, no way! No!"

Be gone. Home!
Be gone! –
I'd rather be with the lights in my eyes
Than out in the dark –
With you!

credits

from Virgin On The Ridiculous, released November 5, 2020
Andy Revell: guitar, backing vocals
Brian Devoil: drums
Clive Mitten: bass
Andy Sears: vocals
Rick Battersby: keyboards
The Audience: backing vocals

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Twelfth Night UK

Twelfth Night are an English progressive rock band of the 1980s, reformed between 2007 and 2012 and again in 2014.

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