Tubeway Army My Shadow in Vain

From their 1978 album Tubeway Army

Lyrics:

stroll to the cafe
my god how time flies
i close up my brain
and another friend dies

i feel like a mirror
feel like nothing is mine
i could go back to crying
but now dying seems fine

so i hang from the ceiling
or i sit on the air
or rot in a corner
until somebody cares

faces at random
i quote people i knew
i'd love to be like me
if i could feel like you

here am i more roche five than pain
here am i just me and my walls to blame
here am i i really don't feel quite sane
here am i still searching for my shadow in vain
lock my door i only think in black and white
i'll even try to look ashamed

moving out of central
somebody knows me well
says he'll spill the whole story
he may be lying i can't tell

meet me inside
i'll keep my head to the floor
and one hand on the handle
of the mad/sane door

here am i more roche five than pain
here am i just me and my walls to blame
here am i i really don't feel quite sane
here am i still searching for my shadow in vain
lock my door i only think in black and white
i'll even try to look ashamed

my shadow in vain my shadow in vain
my shadow in vain my shadow in vain
my shadow in vain...

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Tubeway
• Army
• Gary
• Numan
• My
• Shadow
• In
• Vain

[shaunm1963]

Awesome!

[xyaqua]

@skottkoonz

You know, i can hear it too! Freaky! Wire and Numan are easily my favorite 2. I'll have to listen to this another hundred times or so...

[skottkoonz]

I can hear Wire's" I'm the fly" in here. This is outstanding!

[TheEesau65]

Numan: ground to play and modulate for the future.

[OrbitalEyeball]

This whole album is just FUCKING brilliant!

[petermurphreak]

A fucking ICON in the MAKING!!!.... This "early" Numan/Tubeway Army is fucking BRILLIANT!!!...

[APerfectAsss]

Roche 5 + a 6 pack = 7 th heaven. Just make sure you have 8 first or you will be very sick. In some way that has something to do with 9. It's in-10se.

[TheFrenchEngineer1]

Tubeway Army at their very best.........

[vermillionsnake]

Reminds me of school, one of the 1st albums I ever owned. I still listen to this now.

[MrShreks11]

well i never knew that jamestrex! there were loads of lyrics i used to walk round the house singing that i never really understood!! the army were very underestimated and if it was in todays time then there would be so much press and pr about them. supberb