Stranger Within Lyrics - Ultravox

Light comes through a crack in the door 

I tape up the windows once more 

Tight like a cold hand of steel 

Don't fear the stranger within 

Hands that petrify in the air 

Eyes catching things never there 

Sweet tension caught on my breath 

Don't fear the stranger within 

Watch every shape that escapes 

Scared to make the final mistake 

Speak to hear the sound of your voice 

Don't fear the stranger within 

Sit in the corner with your back to the wall 

Pray to your God with your head in your hands 

Your mask of fear is shrinking fast 

It's closing in more amour 

You stand on borrowed time, your sweating palms and chilling brow 

Your wide-eyed panic makes you laugh, you cry and laugh 

Freeze until the noise decays, a shuffle from behind a door 

Your throat is tight, it makes you choke and smoke and choke 

Eyes will grow accustomed to the dark, a stifled scream that won't come out 

There's nothing more to fear from the stranger within 

Don't fear the stranger within 

I feel the stranger within 

I see the stranger within 

Don't know the stranger within 

I am the stranger within 

I am the stranger within