LAST EDITED ON Aug-25-19 AT 03:27 AM (EDT)
 
edit 2019.08.20: audio edition is here: http://www.eyrie-productions.com/UF/AUDIO/FI/OOTR/TFLF/2-20%20Chapter%2018_%20_The%20Real%20Relation_.mp3

I plan to drop this episode in the morning, before I leave for a doctor's appointment out of town.

In the meantime, here is Hōkago Tea Time feat. Miku Hatsune, somewhat informally covering Rush.

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Living on a lighted stage approaches the unreal
For those who think and feel
In touch with some reality beyond the gilded cage
Cast in this unlikely role, ill-equipped to act
With insufficient tact
One must put up barriers to keep oneself intact

Living in the limelight, the universal dream
For those who wish to seem
Those who wish to be must put aside the alienation
Get on with the fascination
The real relation, the underlying theme

Living in a fisheye lens, caught in the camera eye
I have no heart to lie
I can't pretend a stranger is a long-awaited friend
All the world's indeed a stage and we are merely players
Performers and portrayers
Each another's audience outside the gilded cage

Living in the limelight, the universal dream
For those who wish to seem
Those who wish to be must put aside the alienation
Get on with the fascination
The real relation, the underlying theme

Living in the limelight, the universal dream
For those who wish to seem
Those who wish to be must put aside the alienation
Get on with the fascination
The real relation, the underlying theme
The real relation
The underlying theme

- Rush
"Limelight"
Moving Pictures (1981)

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