like pale shadows moving slowly

through high-rise suburban streets

hit by another auto

dodging fast passing objects

get up, run quick if you can



johnny panic's at your heels

cataloguing your dreams

roofs all above the skyscrapers

zigzagging paging time

down through and low



as i lick your lips,

they turn to stone

your hands so cold

i see right through them

left with nothing but the aftertaste



pressing in my four digits

level 7 malfunction

oxygen's leaking

open the hatch and dive

you've been watching too long



pulling undercurrent

slide slew through that roof tight

choose burst through east side

you've been watching me too long



lock the door, go below to

where the cars are no more



ink spots

toxic shock

game over