(With long and constant practice
Anyone can master these tricks
And you must remember that
Some people use them to cheat)

I step outside
To breathe my lines
Carry on
It's a waste of time

I recall
Something undefined
Oh, your shape interlaced
With my dysphagia

Throw a little back
It's not so understated
Hide like Houdini
Pretend you still see the

Illusion deceiving
It's the sleight of hand
Of a hollow man

Drop a weight
Just to feel the room
The hands frozen
Half past noon

Crawl
Just to make a move
But I'm now
Way too far dissuaded

Give a little more now
We can tell you're faking
So I hide like Houdini
Pretend you still see the

Illusion deceiving
It's the sleight of hand
Of a hollow man

Like Houdini
Pretend you still see the
Illusion deceiving
It's the sleight of hand
Of a hollow man

Watching as the crowd
Is wanting more of me
So I stumble in the dark
To make them make-believe

And I try to play the part
But they saw right through the scene
The box still on the stage
Not sawn and hardly seen

Watching as the crowd
Is wanting more of me
So I stumble in the dark
To make them make-believe

And I try to play the part
But they saw right through the scene
The greatest trick of all
They were always empty seats

Still see me