Only a Downstat - Gary Numan, Tubeway Army

Only a downstat

Personality problem

He would say things like 'I love you'

And cry real tears

Met him in some place

Like a home for old mothers

Where the cure is always death

But no-one ever leaves

He wore a number 7

Badge on his collar

He would show it with pride

And say 'it means I can feel'

He’d bribe the warders

To send letters to someone

Who didn’t even know his name

But said she’d read them anyway

And in the evening (??)

He writes poetry for people

Who deny he’s alive

And say 'I'll mention that name'

A violator of the law of no feelings

They should be put in the chair

Until their eyes come in (??)

If you have reasons

I might sell you my time

I’ll leave it under the stairs

In a body of mine

Old memories are slowly fading out of me We are the unknowns, we are all you need