My Shadow In Vain Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Major Valor 

Cover art for My Shadow In Vain lyrics by Gary Numan

My favorite song from the debut album of Tubeway Army.

For those who don't speak French, "roche" is rock in English. It is also the name of a Pharmaceuticals comapny, based in the UK I believe.

This song is pure Numan. The sense of longing to belong, yet feeling alienated and disconnected is quite evident.

"Here am I more roche five than pain" - the reference to Roche here is to the pharnaceuticals company - in particular to the "Roche Five Milligram Valium Tablet".

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