Belle And Sebastian - Storytelling lyrics

Picture a scene in your mind Look at all the people and take note of the setting behind Listen, watch, and wait A plot begins to take shape There's a story And then characters will come to you Relating events as they choose to But all their words and actions come entirely from you If you're a storyteller you might think you're without responsibility And you can lead your characters anywhere you want You have immunity Have you considered the way People might react to all the things that your characters say? And are their actions hand in hand with what you want to portray? Are you sick? Are you crippled? Insane? Expressing the desires that daren't speak their name? Are you the one to be blamed? Now you're a storyteller you might think you are without responsibility But in directions, actions and words Cause and effect You need consistency How can you finish the tale? Lives which have played a part Are summarised from the very start And episodes left out to make it all go our way "It's a might big world Some of it I've seen But mostly I've only heard And stories are all fiction from their moment of birth" You're just a storyteller You're not trying to escape responsibility If we believe you then you're successful But you don't make claims of verity