Dark night,
but there's plenty to believe in
Why'd you have to let her
touch your feelings?
I always gave you everything
that you needed
All you had to do was ask,
but you just got greedy
Now the only time we talk is
when we talk alone
To the voices that you leave on your
mechanical telephone
Sometimes I call just to hear
your voice set free
the tongues and claws
But the memory I keep
doesn't really let me
leave any word at all
violin so lo
You was like any woman
who was easy
Hope you've met your match
But can she free me?
You always said I'd be the first to walk
You say I'm al ways the first to talk
But can she free me?
Now we rarely talk alone
We usually speak in groups
To the people you invite
For the theater and a bite
Who are used to you
They like to listen to their own mouths move,
they like to watch your jaw drop too
But the way the seasons fade when the covers are made,
and I'm so far away
Mmmm
Bet you thought it'd be an easy thing
Bet you thought I lived alone
Wonder for the vision and the after -play
I've had better times alone
Now and rarely talk of love
We only speak of meat
An d the sacrifice of life
To the altar and the knife
On a mound of grief
Rarely caught just to hear your voice
Set free in the pillars and stones
But for the company
I keep when I speak
To your mechanical telephone
It's the company I keep when I speak
You're a mechanical telephone
The company I keep
you