Alison Moyet

The Man In the Wings

Alison Moyet


It's my song 
And I sing 
For the man in the wings
Is it strange 
When we never 
Have shared anything?
I don't ache 
For some tender 
Exchange in the dark
That will pass

But the purest refrain 
Will haunt us again
And he has that with me
When I've nothing to bring
I sing 
For the man in the wings

We won't speak 
He won't ask me 
To follow him on
And his name 
If I ever 
Did know it is gone
Back to back 
I can hear his pulse 
Racing with mine
Both in time

I'll be waiting for him 
Before I begin each line
And he won't mind
That I've nothing to bring
When I sing 
For the man in the wings

And they tell me 
He walks alone
It is said 
That he is stone
Without knowing 
The shape of him
I am certain 
They are wrong
We'll meet 
In a different place
Me 
The man and the song

I don't long 
For some fleeting 
Exchange in the dark
That will pass

But the purest refrain 
Will haunt us again
And he has that with me
When we've nothing to bring
I sing 
For the man in the wings