White Noise

We are young we can break
Watch us fall
We can take some train
Down to the sea
We are glass, we are glass
We are real you can touch
Just for now
And then say
'hey you, which way is down'
We are glass, we are glass

We are strong we run though
We have time
And to you i'm just
One of those boys
We are glass, we are glass
We are cold
We're not supposed to cry
But it's all just a thought
So here am i
We are glass, we are glass

They run fast
Impressions of the floors inviting
Stay with me, stay with me
They run past
With telephones they scream
Well would you turn all this down
Turn all this down

You are replaced you are you
And our dreams are real
And dreams are all we need
We are glass, we are glass

We slip down
And old eyes don't cry for me
Cause i doubt i'm and i doubt you
And never never going to doubt
We are glass, we are glass

They run fast
Impressions of the floors inviting
Stay with me, stay with me
They run past
With telephones they scream
Well would you turn all this down
Turn all this down

Stroll to the cafe
My god how time flies
I close up my brain
And another friend dies

I feel like a mirror
Feel like nothing is mine
I could go back to crying
But now dying seems fine

So i hang from the ceiling
Or i sit on the air
Or rot in a corner
Until somebody cares

Faces at random
I quote people i knew
I'd love to be like me
If i could feel like you

Here am i, more roche five than pain
Here am i, just me and my walls to blame
Here am i, i really don't feel quite sane
Here am i, still searching for my shadow in vain
Lock my door i only think in black and white
I'll even try to look ashamed

Moving out of central
Somebody knows me well
Says he'll spill the whole story
He may be lying i can't tell

Meet me inside
I'll keep my head to the floor
And one hand on the handle
Of the mad/sane door

Here am i, more roche five than pain
Here am i, just me and my walls to blame
Here am i, i really don't feel quite sane
Here am i, still searching for my shadow in vain
Lock my door i only think in black and white
I'll even try to look ashamed

My shadow in vain
My shadow in vain
My shadow in vain
My shadow in vain
My shadow in vain...

We are
Walking nostalgia
Like old movies for real
Look at me, look at you
Look at them, look at us

I'm young
Sell a slim body to the man next door
Sell a slim body to the man next door
Like my sister surprise

We'll wait for you

We are
The pleasure creation
Gone wrong. gone wrong.

We are
Walking ghost stories
No religion
No relief
No old wisdom
No belief
Sometimes i could scream

We'll wait for you

This is not love
This is not even worth a point of view
In echo park, i
Pause for effect and whisper 'who are you?'

They crawl out of their holes for me
And i die: you die
Hear them laugh, watch them turn on me
And i die: you die
See my scars, they call me such things
Tear me, tear me, tear me


Now i have your names
Screaming 'you will suffer' and 'you're all too late'
Now i feel young
Does everything stop when the old dame fails?


They crawl out of their holes for me
And i die: you die
Hear them laugh, watch them turn on me
And i die: you die
See my scars, they call me such things
Tear me, tear me, tear me


But i'm still frightened by the telephone

Down in the park
Where the machmen meet
The machines are playing `kill-by-numbers'
Down in the park with a friend called `five'

I was in a car crash
Or was it the war?
Well, i've never been quite the same
Little white lies like "i was there"


Come to "zom-zom's", a place to eat
Like it was built in one day
You can watch the humans
Try to run


Oh, look, there's a rape machine
I'd go outside if it looks the other way
You wouldn't believe
The things they do


Down in the park
Where the chant is "death, death, death"
Until the sun cries morning
Down in the park with friends of mine


"we are not lovers
We are not romantics
We are here to serve you"
A different face but the words never change

Why give orders?
Why give speeches?

No more questions
No more answers
All that's left is the fear

I can feel they're here
I can feel the cold
I can't fight for long
This machine runs down

If i had a picture
I could say it's all for you.

Why give orders?
And why make speeches?
Give me a reason to stay

This dying machine
I can hear me scream
I've nowhere to run
I've nowhere to hide

I can only wonder
I can only wonder why

Why give orders?
And why make speeches?
Give me a reason to die

This shape comes apart
Everything breaks down
And me, i'm trapped inside
And here inside it ends.

There's nothing i can do
There's nothing i can do now
If i had a picture
I could say it's all for you
I can only wonder
I can only wonder why.

it's cold outside
And the paint's peeling off of my walls
There's a man outside
In a long coat, grey hat, smoking a cigarette

Now the light fades out
And i'm wondering what i'm doing in a room like this
There's a knock on the door
And just for a second i thought i remembered you


So now i'm alone
Now i can think for myself
About little deals
And *issues*
And things that i just don't understand
Like a white lie that night
Or a slight touch at times
I don't think it meant anything to you


So i open the door
It's the `friend' that i'd left in the hallway
"please sit down"
A candle lit a shadow on a wall near the bed


You know i hate to ask
But, are `friends' electric?
Mine's broke down
And now i've no one to love


So i find out your reason
For the phone calls and smiles
And it hurts
And i'm lonely
And i should never have tried
And i missed you tonight
So it's time to leave
You see this means everything to me