A5
I found the bones of all your ghosts
E5
Locked in the wishing well
F5
While birdsong gourmets dragged empty nets
G5
I slumbered in my shell
A5
In mitternacht, die mensch-maschine
E5
Kissed me on my eyes
F5
I rose and left the fire-ladies
G5
Glowing lonely in the night
F5
With all the pornographers
E5  A5
Burning torches beneath the sea

(chorus)
E5   F5   G5
I want to be a machine
E5   F5   G5
I want to be a machine
E5   F5   G5
I want to be a machine
E5
I want to be a machine

A5
I stole a cathode face from newscasts
E5
And a crumbling fugue of songs
F5
From the reservoir of video souls
G5
In the lakes beneath my tongue
A5
In flesh of ash and silent movies
E5
I walked at boulevards again
F5
A nebula of unfinished creatures
G5
From the lifetimes of my friends
F5   E5  A5
I hope your innocence has depraved me

(chorus)

A5
Broadcast me, scrambled clean
E5
Or free me from this flesh
F5
Let the armchair cannibals take their fill
G5
In every cell across wilderness
A5
We'll trip such a strangled tango
E5
We'll waltz a wonderland affair
F5
Let's run to meet the tide tomorrow
G5
Leave all emotion dying there
F5   E5  A5
In the star cold beyond all of your dreams

(chorus)