I am the dial on the wall
Watching the heavy rain fall
Counting the seconds in gray
Waiting for one single day
Cold chrome clock in a dead city
No one is left here to pity
Spinning the gear and the wheel
Only the metal is real
Oil leaks slow on the floor
Rusted and locked is the door
Salty wind bites at the glass
Watching the centuries pass
Cold chrome clock in a dead city
No one is left here to pity
Spinning the gear and the wheel
Only the metal is real
Copper wires fray in the breeze
Bending the iron-clad trees
I keep the rhythm and beat
Down on a concrete-paved street
Cold chrome clock in a dead city
No one is left here to pity
Spinning the gear and the wheel
Only the metal is real
One little girl in a dress
Hiding the world in a mess
She turns the key in my side
Nowhere for spirits to hide
Screws turn tight in a row
Deep in the basement below
Voltage hits a sudden peak
The frozen machinery speak
Gears start to grind and to glow
Giving the dead world a show
Silver sparks jump from the wire
Lighting a cold electric fire
Cold chrome clock in a dead city
No one is left here to pity
Spinning the gear and the wheel
Only the metal is real
Tick, tack, tick, tack.
Never coming back.