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

her inside i like metal

aren't you



all i know is no one dies

i'm still confusing love with need





Gary Numan, "Metal", _T_h_e _P_l_e_a_s_u_r_e _P_r_i_n_c_i_p_l_e (Beggars Banquet/ATCO 1979)