I'm a silhouette In the corner of your eye I'm a cigarette Burning in the dark of night I'm the hero yet I'm the one they vilify Lunar pirouette Working hard to turn the tides I'm a silhouette In the corner of your eye I'm a cigarette Burning in the dark of night I'm the hero yet I'm the one they vilify Lunar pirouette Working hard to turn the tides I'm the man that everybody knows Yet without a face And I go where everybody goes And don't leave a trace And in fact i once have saved your life But I'm sad to say In the way that things have got to be The moment was erased I'm woven in the thread of life Something like a pin I was terrorized a single time And lost my sense of it Now I walk into the crossfire To pick a single rose You swore you saw me over there Perhaps not i suppose IIfeel these that circumstances Are best And a tad romantic Don't you ever fear or panic I can help you understand it I'm a silhouette In the corner of your eye I'm a cigarette Burning in the dark of night I'm the hero yet I'm the one they vilify Lunar pirouette Working hard to turn the tides I'm a silhouette In the corner of your eye I'm a cigarette Burning in the dark of night I'm the hero yet I'm the one they vilify Lunar pirouette Working hard to turn the tides