They're waiting to hate you   So give them an excuse   They say that it changed you   I know that can't be true      I came in the entrance   The makeup girl went through   And waited for ages   I waited there for you      Hats off to my distant hope   I'm held back by a velvet rope   And he's behind the wall   The smoke machine has made between us      And if he does exist   If camera clicking green room guests swirl   'round the man whose real life can be touched   Then I will do just that much      Hats off to my distant hope   A little lie, a puff of smoke   My street tonight's on fire with hope   You'll be there, you'll see us      I've got my ear against the screen   I'll feel your feelings crackling   For every single inch of me   I'm going to make you mean it      With every single cell of me   I'm going to make you mean   The words you sigh, you lie      Goodbye