Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: progressive-house
Song Meaning of “The Actor” by Morgan Page
The Actor is a song about being in an emotionally tumultuous relationship, where one person is frustrated with the manipulations of the other. The chorus of the song eloquently conveys the feel and the subject matter of the song, as the singer is trying to make the other person see what they are doing.
The singer uses the analogy of the other person being an actor, performing a role for their own amusement and playing a false persona. The singer conveys their frustration and pain of the situation by saying they don’t appreciate being a “sucker in your show”. They are essentially saying that they don’t appreciate the other person using them to their own ends, and that they don’t want to continue being manipulated.
The song goes on to suggest that maybe it’s just fear that is standing in the way of them opening up to the other person and that it’s hard for them to trust again after all that has happened, and that the scars of pain are still there. The lines “If you fear to taste the danger, if the scars of pain remain” could be seen as a metaphorical plea from the singer for the other to finally break through their ego and show true emotion.
At the end, the singer realizes that maybe the other person is just as confused as they are and is struggling in the same way.