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Behind The Curtain

from Searchlights EP by Eleven-Year Switch

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Behind the Curtain is a song based around a stagehand who aspires to be an actor.

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Unicycle
Tandem ride on silver screen
Mayfair Actress
Kneels before the Tudor Queen
But we never take the time to watch the scene

Back stage, I’ll never be the one
The one that you will know
Accepting that I will away be the one behind the show
But I can dream that maybe someday it might just be me
I’ll be the one that everybody comes to see

I can tell you that I know, I am never gonna be the actor you’ll wanna see
How I know, I’m stuck behind the curtain
It’s apparent it’s the place that I am meant to be
Oh I know now

But if I try to I’ll be the one on stage oh if I only know how
You’ll come to see me
All I aspire to be
And I am gonna show you
Before the curtain comes down
And spotlights leave me

Behind the curtain this time waiting on my first performance
Nerves are waiving curtains raising
Closing my eyes I enter stage
I’ll show you what I’m made of
Become the actor you know the name of

Before this I dreamt how, I’d get my chance now, if I’m too succeed here,
Become the one you’ve come to see, the one you know.
So when the curtain rises, I’ll show how I was meant to be here
Become the one you’ve come to see, the one you know.
My performance has to steal the show, I counting on it
This could be my time to break the mould, to win or loose it.

Back stage, I’ll never be the one
The one that you will know
Accepting that I will away be the one behind the show
But I can dream that maybe someday it might just be me
I’ll be the one that everybody comes to see

I can tell you that I know, I am never gonna be the actor you’ll wanna see
How I know, I’m stuck behind the curtain
It’s apparent it’s the place that I am meant to be
Oh I know now

But if I try to I’ll be the one on stage oh if I only know how
You’ll come to see me
All I aspire to be
And I am gonna show you
Before the curtain comes down
And spot lights leave me

Behind the curtain this time waiting on my first performance
Nerves are waiving curtains raising
Closing my eyes I enter stage
I’ll show you what I’m made of

Become the actor you know the name of
Behind the curtain this time waiting on my first performance
Nerves are waiving curtains raising
Closing my eyes I enter stage
I’ll show you what I’m made of
Become the actor you know the name of

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from Searchlights EP, released December 10, 2012

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Eleven-Year Switch Crawley, UK

Eleven-Year Switch are:
Drums: Ross Davis
Guitar: Dave Hodsdon
Vocals: Richard Knight
Bass: Simon Taylor

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