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





Gary Numan, "Me! I Disconnect From You", _R_e_p_l_i_c_a_s (Beggars Banquet/ATCO 1979)