we're wires, sparks and nothing more.

escape into the telephone - we're wires, sparks and nothing more.

recall the shadows in the door? our hearts were sparks and nothing more.

push 3 for 'sleep' - it's there i see your face much clearer.
push 9 for 'know' - slow motion static speaker teacher.
push 5 for 'joy' - and "we'll stay beautiful forever" (said it, but you don't remember)
0 means 'alone' - how do you know when strangers hear you? (call you, but you do not answer)

"transistors and sleep won't bleed me now - busy lines and secrets"
"memories that bleed beside my dreams - don't you hear them ringing?"

escape into the telephone - we're wires, sparks and nothing more.
're-dial' for shadows on the floor; our hearts were sparks and nothing more.

"inside the operator, where echoes meet you: a pulse that leaks through. the sounds you sleep through."

push 1 for push 1 for push 1 for
PUSH 1 FOR 'LOVE'

push 1 for "PLEASE HOLD THE LINE. STAND BY."

re-dial for 'remember'.