White Noise

Gary Numan White Noise Lyrics
1.Are 'friends' Electric?

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


2.Berserker

And this is my story.
My face, the picture's changed
Do you remember me
Now i'm fighting to breathe
It's been such a long time

Do you want to come
Do you want to come
Do you want to come with me now

Nothing here for me now
I can't believe the noise
We'll take this place apart
I won't be here for long
I know they'll find me soon

But now the weakness comes
I'll question everything
I'll trade new dreams for old
I've been waiting for you
I've waited far too long.


3.Cars

cars

Here in my car
I feel safest of all
I can lock all my doors
It's the only way to live
In cars

Here in my car
I can only receive
I can listen to you
It keeps me stable for ( nights )
- this is the only wrong word you put days
In cars

Here in my car
Where the image breaks down
Will you visit me please?
If i open my door
In cars

Here in my car
I know i've started to think
About leaving tonight
Although nothing seems right
In cars


4.Cold Warning

Something is here
I can hear them breathe
Something is here
And i'm scared
Beg to your gods
But i don't believe
Nothing in here
Can help me now

Cold warning comes for me

Something is here
And i've got the nerves
Something is here
And i'm cold
I'm so lonely
Do you know how it feels?
All i can do
Now is lose

Cold warning comes for me


5.Down In The Park

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


6.I Die: You Die

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


7.Me! I Disconnect From You

The alarm rang for days
You could tell from conversations
I was waiting by the screen
I couldn't recognise my photograph
Me, i disconnect from you

I was walking up the stairs
Something moved in silence
I could feel his mind decaying
Only inches away from me
And i disconnect from you

Please don't turn me off
I don't know what i'm doing outside
Me and the telephone that never rings
If you were me, what would you do?
Me, i disconnect from you


8.Metal

We're in the building where they make us grow
And i'm frightened by the liquid engineers
Like you

My mallory heart is sure to fail
I could crawl around the floor just like i'm real
Like you

The sound of metal i want to be you
I could learn to be a man
Like you

Plug me in and turn me on
Oh everything is moving

I need my treatment it's tomorrow they send me
Singing 'i am an american'
Do you?

Picture this if they could make the change
I'd love to pull the wires from the wall
Did you?

And who are you and how can i try?
Here inside i like metal
In you

All i know is no one dies
I'm still confusing love with need


9.Music For Chameleons

At 4 o'clock we land
And i'll wave my flag for you
Interest in heart
We are not savage
Like children
We're people
'what difference' i say

Music for chameleons
Music for chameleons

A dream of siam
We could leave in the morning
Old friends and shy
We need to win
Like you need to breathe
I've an interest in games

Music for chameleons
Music for chameleons

Gowns for another show
Maybe no-one will come

Here take my arm
I like the pictures
And you like ghost stories
Tomorrow i'll sigh

Music for chameleons
Music for chameleons


10.My Dying Machine

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.


11.My Shadow In Vain

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...


12.Remember I Was Vapour

There's nothing here but us
There's nothing here but us

Remember, i was vapour
Remember, i was just like you
Remember, i was liquid
Remember, i was someone too

Remember, i need others
Remember, i need oxygen
Remember, i need lovers
Remember, i need to forget

Chorus

Remember, i am human
Remember, i feel just like you
Remember, i had reasons
Remember, i had friends like you

Remember, i grow tired
Remember, i could end all this
Remember, i have memories
Remember, i need to forget


13.Sister Surprise

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


14.The Iceman Comes

The iceman comes
Someone is out there
They'll wait and won't make mistakes

The iceman comes
My head runs empty
Oh i've got the fear

The iceman comes for me.

The iceman comes
Blow dust off your stories
I could give in

The iceman comes
I'll send, you'll take
Is this such dark business?

The iceman comes for me.


15.This Prison Moon

Keep your love songs
We've all heard
Keep your pictures
We've all seen
Keep your kind words
And keep your tears.
I'm only here
For a thousand years
Here on this prison moon.

Have you been here?
Have you ever been here?
If only the sun would shine tonight
If only the sun would shine

I vote for pleasure
I vote for sleep
I vote for power
That i can keep
I vote for words
That no-one hears
I'm only here
For a thousand years
Here on this prison moon.

Have you been here?
Have you ever been here?
If only the sun would shine tonight
If only the sun would shine


16.We Are Glass

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


17.We Take Mystery(To Bed)

Confiscate letters like d.e.b.
No natural course of things for her to expect
Withdraw the feelings 'you can, you can't'
I called your number as you told the world

Something is wrong

There is no longer any normal to me
You're my assassin but you can't see the crime
Pointless possessions of me & you & greed
I looked at you mistaking needles for eyes

Something is wrong