The earth is such a long way down (from here) Watching the evening slide away (drift clear) Darkness slips across its face (turn round) The distant lights all fade away They slowly winking off and out
Pieces are coming apart With a static hiss Can’t see the stream through all of this Can’t escape the slo-lo down grind Desperate slow decline That takes its time And slowly takes apart your mind
As the signal comes in And the lights decay Put the hollow screen up to my face Shed my diamond skin And let the outside in
Lights blurring down the tunnel Bar-code the windshield Dazzled strips floro-aftertaste Ionocrome
I’m all alone and drenched in drone A scratchy wind-up gramophone It’s such a long way down It’s such an awful long way home
As the signal comes in And the lights go out Put my face up to the screen Shed my diamond skin To let the light pour in
