Like an empty church when the lights go out It was dark inside his complex ego Almost God but not in heaven Saddest man that lived in legend I can see his films and I know his fate How the perfect screenplay came to light I've read about his degradation Watched his past turn to cheap sensation People we've learned to be Losing ourselves inside Damning eternally Mostly immortal lies When they dragged him out from the smashed-up car There were crowds of hungry press around him Slow to fade like flesh dissolving Lift his life with the cameras rolling People we've learned to be Losing ourselves inside Damning eternally We might have seen a star that shined all day If he was alive to shout his name