Am/F
I found the bones of all your ghosts
Em
Locked in the wishing well
F7M
While birdsong gourmets dragged empty nets
G
I slumbered in my shell
Am/F
In mitternacht, die mensch-maschine
Em
Kissed me on my eyes
F7M
I rose and left the fire-ladies
G
Glowing lonely in the night
F7M
With all the pornographers
Em  A
Burning torches beneath the sea

(chorus)
Em   F   G
I want to be a machine
Em   F   G
I want to be a machine
Em   F   G
I want to be a machine
Em
I want to be a machine

Am/F
I stole a cathode face from newscasts
Em
And a crumbling fugue of songs
F7M
From the reservoir of video souls
G
In the lakes beneath my tongue
Am/F
In flesh of ash and silent movies
Em
I walked at boulevards again
F7M
A nebula of unfinished creatures
G
From the lifetimes of my friends
F7M   Em  A
I hope your innocence has depraved me

(chorus)

Am/F
Broadcast me, scrambled clean
Em
Or free me from this flesh
F7M
Let the armchair cannibals take their fill
G
In every cell across wilderness
Am/F
We'll trip such a strangled tango
Em
We'll waltz a wonderland affair
F7M
Let's run to meet the tide tomorrow
G
Leave all emotion dying there
F7M   Em  A
In the star cold beyond all of your dreams

(chorus)