Wire Animals Lyrics

I'm amazed how the news does travel Static like ghosts in gasoline
Faster than vision on a wire
Faster than voices overseas

And the voice says to me
"You are alone but you are not free."

Late at night when I'm cooling down
Rattles sound inches from my face
And your voice lashes like a snake
With a phone cord for a tail

And the snake says to me
"You are alone but you are not free."

I dial networks that ripen slowly
Ripen long after 12 o'clock

And the wind shakes the drying fruit
Sounds like chewing in the dark

And I choose what I see
I'm alone but I am not free.