Waiting In The Wings

So here I am, I'm a man

And that little boy tied down

Deep within me

You have broken your word!

I'm sorry that I bowed once again

And let the monsters loose

You can't understand it

Your can't understand what it's like

The world which we live in

Feel I'm tearing up inside

I'm loosing my mind

One look and the clown

In the mirror says

Hi -- I'm still here waiting

And tine is no longer on your side

A part of him dies

Another one lives in the mirror

And his legacy reigns

But I won't follow you

In the shadows I cry

Closer to heaven I fail

I still remember the words

That the little boy I once was, were told

Son, order rises from fear

Oh, how I swore I'd fight what he was

And I'd never be like him

I was such a fool

An ignorant fool to believe

A man can control

How he's living out his life

Or change anything

One look and the clown

In the mirror says

Hi -- I'm still here waiting

And time is no longer on you side

A part of him dies

Another one lives in the mirror

And his legacy reigns

But I won't follow you

In the shadows I cry

Closer to heaven I fail

So here I am, I'm a man in a cynical world filled

With compromises

A tyrant signs in the mirror

I know now I've been weak and afraid and turned

The other cheek

He knows I can't stand it. He knows I can't stand

That I am

A pawn in his puzzle

And still waiting in the wings, the ghost of my past

One look and the clown in the mirror says

Hi -- I'm still here waiting

And time is no longer on your side

A part of him dies

Another one lives in the mirror

And his legacy reigns, but I won't follow him

In the shadows I cry, alone

So close to heaven

And his legacy reigns

But I won't follow you

In the shadows I cry

Closer to heaven I fail