| Shine Written in late 1998 & first performed live in February 1999, this song went through various rewrites & demos before being officially released on "The Invisible Man" in 2001. A solo acoustic version was released on the "Live At WFMU" tour CD the same year. It was last performed live in August 2001. |
| I wanna win a costume prize just so I can look you in the eyes
and you'll finally see me as really 'someone' and not just as another heart that's always busy being broken but I know the only costume prize I'll win is if I go as the Invisible Man You could be a whispering ghost that floats like spilt milk You could be a rubber frown that only knows how to bend You could be one of the faces of the sirens that delight in pulling hope from the lips of those who can't afford to pretend You play dress-up but you always wear the same clothes and I feel like a fool if I try and strike a pose and I already have a brilliant disguise - I wanna shine a light in your eyes You spent so much time trying to find a mask so ugly that no one would ever ask about your life story The one that you put in under my bed before you decided you'd be happy living as one of the living dead The enemy takes many different forms and some wanna thrill you with his charms but I don't wanna wear no scary disguise I wanna shine a light in your eyes. |