Gary Numan/Tubeway Army - My Shadow In Vain (Original Version)

Track 5 of The Plan Remaster

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...

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[DerVampyrEngel]

this is The Plan verison like to see the Tubeway Army up on here please:)

[GaryNumanAlbums]

I'm getting around to uploading it after I finish this album. I also have that bonus disc of demos and outtakes of Replicas to upload aswell.

[SirMixAlotChannel]

Interesting the lyrics are different for the most part. Id love to get the lyrics to this one. The ones printed are the ones from the album. Cool though. Thanks for the post

[LiteracyLabyrinth2]

Best version of this track - loud wallpaper peeling scratchy guitars are awesome!

[fuckamericanidiot]

@Caridith why?

[alkurik]

numan is real good . yea man cool , true artists still prevail

[numanboy]

This is nothing like the version, I know. I like the cleaner version better...but hell...It's Gary Numan!

[t8004u]

This was a great song, though i highly prefer the re-worked version found on Living Ornaments, and White Noise.

[dangerousb1tch]

Thank you so much been looking everywhere for this

[MrBerserked]

You can actually understand what he is saying in this version, unlike the versions on his newer live albums where he speeds through it