There's a shadow in the dark A Surgeon with a rusty knife There's a tiger in a cage And he's waiting to be free Oh don't go out there Someone's moving in the dark Wait until the coast is clear Before you step into the scene You have to know what is for real Oh don't go out there Standing in the shadow on the opening night Waiting for the curtain, can't you feel the bright light? Standing in the shadow, now there so much more Gotta face the music make it last a lifetime There's a cast of thousands An army waiting in the wings A ghost out on the balcony The master's holding centre stage Oh don't go out there Feel the pounding in your heart The tension of a waiting game But when the memory catches fire Even whores have dreams Oh don't go out there Standing in the shadow on the opening night Waiting for the curtain, can't you feel the bright light? Standing in the shadow, now there so much more Gotta face the music make it last a lifetime And in the still night a small boy cries Hands a tremble for his mother's arms Now there's no-one there This is the moment his time has come And through the trap door He makes his break his journey has begun Standing in the shadow on the opening night Waiting for the curtain, can't you feel the bright light? Standing in the shadow, now there so much more Gotta face the music make it last a lifetime Standing in the shadow on the opening night Waiting for the curtain, can't you feel the bright light? Standing in the shadow, now there so much more Gotta face the music make it last a lifetime