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