Sleeper in Metropolis Songtext
von Anne Clark

As a sleeper in Metropolis
You are insignificant
Dreams become entangled in the system

Environment roots over the sleeper
Conditioned air, conditioned sedated breathing
The sensation of viscose sheets on naked flesh
Soft and warm
But lonesome in the blackened ocean of night
Confined in the helpless safety of desires and dreams
We fight our insignificance
The harder we fight
The higher the wall

Outside the cancerous city spreads like an illness
Its symptoms in cars that cruise to inevitable destinations
Tailed by the silent spotlights of society-created paranoia


No alternative could grow where mould cannot take root
No shadows will replace the warmth of your contact
Love is dead in Metropolis
All contact deformed or partition
What a waste
The city
A wasting disease

Danke schön!
Thank you very much
This next number is very shortly to be released as a single type thing
And I might better tell you now because it′s not written on the cover
And I've been told off about it already
But the very wonderful Gabriela Alguirez here

She plays a very mean guitar on it
So I′d like to credit her and thank her here now
But it was due to circumstances beyond my control, Gabby, I'm sorry
But anyway, you'll find out for yourselves
And I′d also like to introduce you to the rest of the band
On keyboards is Andy Bell

On bass guitar is Magush
On percussion is Tony Peart
And up there shaking his stuff is Ryan Jess
Thank you very, very much