the flowers are faded now, along with your letters
they will never see the light of day, cause i'll never take them out
there's no turning back, it's for the better
baby i deserve more then empty words and promises
i believed every thing you said, and i gave you the best i had

so take a bow, 'cause you've taken everything else
you played the part, and like a star you played it so well
take a bow, 'cause this scene is coming to an end
i gave you love, all you gave me was pretend, so now take a bow

the future's about to change, before you know it,
the curtain closes, take a look around,
there's no one in the crowd, i'm throwing away the pain,
and you should know that your preformance made me strong enough

so take a bow, 'cause you've taken everything else
you played the part, and like a star you played it so well
take a bow, 'cause this scene is coming to an end
i gave you love, all you gave me was pretend, so now take a bow

well it must have been slight of hand, 'cause i still can't understand
why i could never see, just what a fool believes
but the lies they start to show, tell me how does it feel to know, right now
that i wont be around, so baby before but you are

take a bow, 'cause you've taken everything else
you played the part, and like a star you played it so well
take a bow, 'cause this scene is coming to an end
i gave you love, all you gave me was pretend, so now take a bow