I was also drawn to the description of The Actor.
There is something special about the song which is hard to communicate. Besides being a wonderful, poetic and evocative song, I mean.

It seems to go from 0 to full speed in no time at all. There are a couple of chords, then the vocals begin and the song is completely launched.
"Dum dum da dum The curtain rises on the scene".

So many songs have a prelude, or give a foreshadowing of the chorus or ..., you know what I mean?
This one just...well, people sometimes say you have to walk before you can run. Not this song. It just runs.