After The Lights Fade

The crowd is gone,

the music fades to grey

(mhm) Left behind with words I didn't say

Glitter on the floor,

glass on the street

Just the heavy echo of my own heartbeat

They called my name but they don't know my face

(no they don't) Trading quiet nights for empty space

Now the headlights cut the morning chill

And I am still

When the spotlight dies,

who is gonna hold me?

(who is gonna hold me) When the applause is gone,

who is gonna know me?

All this heavy gold is only paper-thin

I just want

to let somebody in

Four AM and driving past the lights

Another town, another hundred nights

Signing papers, smiling for a screen

But there's a phantom standing in between

When the spotlight dies,

who is gonna hold me?

(hold me tight) When the applause is gone,

who is gonna know me?

All this heavy gold is only paper-thin

I just want

to let somebody in

Let somebody in... (mmm,

so cold) (yeah)