Strange how the scale forms In tiny patterns On my antenna And the Five O'Clock Show, 'Hello hello' ... Brooklyn is crawling with famous people I turn my vehicle beneath the river, west from south Through the airwaves-- People never read the airwaves Do we only feed the airwaves? I really should've seen through the airwaves... Electric fences line our new freeway Here in the half-light, the motorhomes leave, eh-o, eh-o Knee-deep in water under a pylon How slow my heartbeat How thin the air I'm breathing Through the airwaves-- People never read the airwaves Do we only feed the airwaves Or stamp them out at street level? Airwaves--dampness of the wind, The airwaves--tension of the skin, The airwaves Control's enabled the abandoned wires again, but The copper cables all rust in the acid rain That floods the subway with Elements of our corrosion Cabled in to me Yeah, cable them to me Cable them to me Be in my broadcast when this is over Give me your shoulder, I need a place To wait for morning No it was nothing--some car backfiring-- Please don't ask questions I itch all over Let me sleep Through the airwaves-- People never read the airwaves Do we only feed the airwaves? Or stamp them out at street level? Airwaves--dampness of the wind, The airwaves--tension of the skin, The airwaves I really should've seen through the airwaves People never read the airwaves Do we only feed the airwaves? Or stamp them out at street level? Airwaves...