the world s gone mad and i have lost touch i shouldn t admit it but i have it slipped away while i was distracted i haven t changed i swear i haven t changed how did this happen i didn t feel myself evaporating my body has gone but my eyes remain hovering witnessing cold as a ghost watching the streets sheltering in doorways of venice vienna budapest krakow and amsterdam i have become the invisible man the invisible heart beating against you the invisible pulse silently thumping i shout my name in the public places no one seems to notice no one understands i stand perfectly still in the middle of the road i hold my nerve i hold my nerve hold my nerve but the cars don t swerve i will hear your prayers as you whisper alone i am the one you felt was close close behind you in st stephen you lit a candle blessings in the cold night air i ll feel your breath as you turn to go i ll watch you leave from somewhere up high as you cross the park in the autumn light in the autumn light in the autumn light if i close my eyes i can see where you live climb the winding stairs up to your apartment the scent of you preparing his evening meal i must watch in dread when he s cruel to you in horrified silence as you make love i cannot lift a hand lift a hand to stop him i don t exist what can i do what can i do i will scream in your ear as you re passing by i will wrap my arms around you you won t hear you won t feel me i will walk stride for stride with you i will try to help when you stumble you will stumble through me i have become the invisible man it s all i am invisible i have read all your letters i know what you contain i have dreamt your dreams my head my head is haunted i will scream again i am perfectly sane i am perfectly sane but i am the invisible man i am the invisible man talk to me acknowledge me confide in me confess to me or leave me be leave me be