[Verse 1] I know the rooms you wake up in The names that fill your days The photographs that prove a life Is standing in its place I know the smile you wear for them The one that says you’re fine And somewhere just outside the frame I learn to disappear in time [Pre-Chorus] I was never asking For the whole of you But somewhere along the way I became the part You couldn’t let them see [Chorus] So I’ll be the invisible man The one who knows but doesn’t stay Watching from the other side While your world carries you away I’ll let the picture keep its colours I’ll let everybody believe That this is everything you wanted And there’s nothing underneath And there’s nothing underneath [Verse 2] Maybe love is knowing when To loosen up your hands To stop becoming gravity Around somebody else’s plans So I won’t ask you where you’ve been Or what you chose instead I’ll learn to live outside the life We only ever almost had [Pre-Chorus] And maybe that’s the kindness Maybe that’s the cost To stand close enough to know you And far enough To let you go [Chorus 2] I’ll be the invisible man The shadow no one has to name Watching you become the life You thought would keep you safe I’ll let the picture keep its colours Even if I know what’s underneath If happiness is what they see there Who am I to make them see me? [Bridge] There’ll be birthdays There’ll be summers There’ll be tables set for four There’ll be photographs of places I will never ask about anymore And maybe you’ll look happy Maybe one day you will be And God, I hope that’s enough for you Even if it isn’t me [Final Chorus] So I’ll be the invisible man No goodbye, no final scene Just someone slowly stepping back From somewhere he has never been Let the picture keep its colours Let the years do what they do I’ll be somewhere out beyond it Still invisible Still loving you I’ll be the invisible man Watching from a distance I’ll be the invisible man Just beyond your reach Never Never gone goNever ne Never forgotten forgotten Never Never quite quite aapart part You You may may never never know know the the place place you you had hadOr what you meant inside my heart I’ll be the invisible man If that’s what I have to be I’ll let you live the life you chose And keep what you meant to me I’ll be the invisible man
