There's a moment every evening When the music is soon to begin When the curtain is drawn and I'm standing In the darkness preparing to shine For tonight I will blind you with brilliance I will move you with tales of the heart I will hate you and you will adore me For that is what I do and do well In that moment of stillness and silence I am briefly awake from my dream Smiling faces and glamour and beauty I must stifle a laugh at it all For a diamond is cold and it's heartless And delights for the senses decay Any praise from a stranger is fleeting And all beauty eventually fades Into a mem'ry Into memory But for now I am here, and the curtain falls