Right, Pip. Will, when one sings a song, one is, in every sense, 'performing' it. Performers perform; or, to put it differently, actors act. You have to put yourself temporarily into the appropriate mental situation & act it out as you sing. When the film Marathon Man was being made, 'Method' actor Dustin Hoffman would run long distances, go without sleep, &c, before shooting a scene. Previous generation co-star Laurence Olivier is said to have asked him, "Have you ever thought of acting, dear boy?"

~Michael~