"I Can't Make This Movie (Daniel Day Lewis/Guido Contini)" Lyrics

I can't make this movie,
there's no way that I'll begin it.
I can't bear to see the cameras roll.

The problem is the subject,
there's no pleasant way to treat it.
Problem is the author's lost control.

How I wish it didn't have to be so,
but we cut the losses-starting
Now strike the set and keep it for some sideshow,
Tell the cast and crew that they can all go.

Find another genius,
I'cant be one or become one.
I can't even tell how I'd begin.

Help Luisa, help me,
help me Mamma,
Help me someone!

Here's a place where I have never been.
Guido out in space with no direction,
Guido at a loss for what to say,
Guido with no intervening actors,
Guido at the mercy of detractors,
Guido here alone with only Guido.

Nothing holds together,
nothing makes a bit of sense now.
Impossible to grasp or undestand.

How can I go on to watch the whole of my existence
end up being nothing that I planned?
Have I lost myself and all i wished for?
Has my life become a mindless game?

Guido, I can't stand the name of Guido.
Guido, for Godsake!
Who is this Guido?
Guido here, with no one else but Guido...