Electric broadcastThe new transmission wavesTurn the dialTransistor radioThe deadpan voice I want to hearRecieve the newsRecieve the tunesWe’ve tuned in to the ether melodyIt’s bright and clear and full of energyMusic won’t stopElectro popCommercial workshopI want your time, I need your time to make a rhyme On the radio nowEther […]
Look up hereLook down thereI am the new manI’m tangled in wiresChipset adeptMemory loadKeep your vogue code that all haveTomorrow’s world we’ve all seenKeep your modern waysAnd keep your bugsThe Metal Man is here to stay Talk talkYou say I only work, all night and dayTalk talkDo say ‘Use me, […]
You act a pansy, pushoverDo live your fancy, go lowerWho is that, something says your nameYou seem chancy, moreoverThe call is mine I’m gonna get you upI’m gonna get on topThe call is mine On the skew, you’re dancing all overYou are the anti-fashion statementIn a blue suit, orange pulloverYou […]
High-rise buildingsLow cost apartmentsFinancial districtIndustrial areaRows of blue collarsSteelworkers’ clink-clangMetal rhythm left and rightThis is the city, city of light FlickerClick onClick offClick onThe faceless menThe machines of the city 6 p.m. whistleNext the inner citySmiling grimey facesTea at the local pubLow-cut dressesHigh-spirited workersSizzling neon-lights, click onThis is the city, […]
I synthesise and press a lighted keyTurn it on, compose a melodyRedo from start, I need more rhythm1 and 4 was for the CommodoreA catchy beat, I put it on repeatI program more, but still it’s incompleteStart and stop, where’s the perfect pitch?I won’t give up until I tap my […]
[something in russian] Space age pioneersExporing the outer spheresStars, planets, cosmosSterne, Planeten, Kosmos [russian again]
Mobile phonesCommuter trainsThe Terminus is full of menCrisscross networkZigzag railwayThe next stop is Waterloo White-collar timetable9 to 5 urban robot Standby, I’m on a trip with youStandby, I thought it lasted throughStandby, I’m on a trip with youIt’s more fun to commute Take the TubeTake the M25There’s traffic jam all […]
Car-crash and an elevatorMake you someone elseNever try yourselfRestore youTick-tock clock and teddy boysBop ’till you’re fagged outOpen windows shoutShe wore me, she wore you Walk these streetsShe’s concreteReverieAll is free Knick-knack, flashy bric-a-bracSeesaw heartbeat, she is backWindscreen eyes are black and blueShe saw youThe Fleet Street scooter-boys are dueThey […]
Head crash – I can’t see youSpit teeth – I can hear youI feel your pounding me onto the streetI’ve learned to know the taste of concrete Why don’t you follow me? Street brash – time flies, tick-tockEyes flash – feels like electroshockI feel the blood gushing, crumbling awayI know […]
Broken framesShattered glassLike a monochrome filmThe replaceable backgroundFlickers and dissolvesOut of control There’s no sense, it’s all Volta, Amp?re and OhmEarth to Moon, it’s the same as London-Rome Out of focus, blurred imageAs solid as a liquid monumentA second of lifeThe time-frame of ’69Technology, machinery, humanityIt’s all the same There’s […]
Here we areWe stand in lineOne more time todayThere is no senseThe cigarette in handIt’s all gone badNo name, privilege, no hope and fame We’ve seen it all beforeAnd it seems like a mirror of our future We were waiting for somethingWe were listening to the heartbeatsIt could take usIt […]
