Man In A Movie - Matthew Barber

There’s a man in a move that I’d like to be

There’s a boy in the story who longs to be free

There’s a girl on the sidewalk and she wants to be

With a man in a movie that I’ll never see

There’s a ship on an ocean that I’ll never sail

There’s a circular notion that dooms us to fail

And they’re serving that potion at the places I haunt

Where I get what I need and I hate what I want

Oh I get what I need but I hate what I want

‘cause we let them all bleed for our own rock of salt

And we turn a blind eye to the suffering and pain

‘til a man in a movie reminds us again

Well there’s peace in a valley still somewhere I know

Where the people will rally and fight for their home

And I love you darling but this I won’t flaunt

That I get what I need and I hate what I want

Oh I get what I need and I hate what I want

‘cause we let them all bleed for our own rock of salt

And we turn a blind eye to the suffering and pain

‘til a man in a movie reminds us again

And we go on believing it’s all in the name

Of a Hollywood ending the reason we came

Of a Hollywood ending the reason we came