5 in the
morning and I'm still awake I'm waiting for the day to break
The
TV whispers through the silence
As I run through the channels
I see flashes of violence
The curtains are drawn to stop the
light from getting in
But through a crack neon strikes my skin
A calm virtual band,
I leave my thoughts behind
Got too many dirty sin
s circling in my mind
Maybe I should get some air
and take a walk outside
And see if something happens there
Cause the city at night
can make me forget
That I'm an extra on a giant movie set
I watch the shop window dummies
and they watch me
With plastic eyes full of
artificial dignity
Plastic eyes behind spotless glass
Plastic eyes in every face I pass
I wake up and watch,
it's only six o 'clock so I follow the crowd for another block
Gambling, booze, a live sex show
Neon signs point out where to go
Some doorman tries to drag me inside
But I'm not in for that kind of fun tonight
I've been there before
and it's better on
TV
And I just can't feel the emptiness in me
Which reminds me of my stomach
I better grab some food
And to
McDonald's cause it's green,
cheap and good
Of course I'm in the longest queue
And I can tell the can I
help you girl is new
She looks kinda fresh, about 17
Red cherry lips,
I wanna put my tongue in between
But I take the paper bag and hand
her my money
And then she smiles at me as if I said something
funny
Back in my apartment,
I sit in the dark
Shifts up the old light,
make my room look stark
I try to figure out where all my
money is gone
But I'm too tired to think, so I turn the
TV off
I know what to expect from the people on
TV
They don't make sense but they talk to me
I run through the channels,
knob after knob
Faster and faster, no strength to stop
I sit in trials and as the noise increases
I like to hit the damn thing to pieces
The corners of the room are closing
in on me
Screenshows, images, I don't wanna see
I slide on on my knees
and crawl towards the light
An inch from the screen, I start my
Luke in flight
In a 30 minute special,
my life passes by
Revealing all the facts and the
reasons why
Slowly my sense of reality returns
Now I know my love for you still burns
But for me it's all clear
There's nothing to be seen
Except an emerald smile