[Verse 1]

This is how it works

You're you and then you're not

It only ends once

Show's over, hold applause

This is how it ends

Not in a bang but with a whimper

Not with a scream but with a whisper

You just don't have it like you used to

[Chorus]

Take center stage

Yeah your spot is marked

Wanna hook them on you

Wanna light that spark again

Well, no one's out there watching you in the dark tonight

You're the star of the show

But the audience is gone

Where'd they go?

[Bridge]

So step through the curtain

Make sure you're in view

Givе them the show

You think they want you to

[Verse 2]

This is how it starts

You havе your costume on

You'll step onstage

The band will play you on

You'll sing your heartbreak song

Hoping that they sing along

Hoping they share in your pain

So you can get what you want

[Chorus]

Take center stage

Yeah your spot it's marked

Wanna hook them on you

Wanna light that spark again

Well, no one's out there watching you in the dark tonight

You're the star of the show

But the audience is gone

Where'd they go?

[Bridge]

So step through the curtain

Make sure you're in view

Give them the show

You think they want you to

[Chorus]

Take center stage

Yeah your spot it's marked

Wanna hook them on you

Wanna light that spark again

Well, no one's out there watching you in the dark tonight

You're the star of the show

But the audience is gone

Where'd they go?

[Bridge]

So step through the curtain

Make sure you're in view

Give them the show

You think they want you to

[Chorus]

Take center stage

Yeah your spot is marked (I don't like you, I don't like you)

Wanna hook them on you

Wanna light that spark again (I don't like you, I don't like you)

Well, no one's out there watching me in the dark tonight (I don't like you, I don't like you)

I'm the star of the show

But the audience is gone

Where'd they go?