[Intro] Four small shapes in the weather-stained field A rusted wheel that will not turn The dome keeps one black door unsealed And something inside remembers [Verse 1] You left your little mask in the mud The rain has filled its painted eyes Your patched-up sleeves are dark with earth Your chest-door keeps a face inside [Pre-Chorus] The tower leans to count us all The wires hum beneath the hill You hear a child behind the wall But every room is still [Chorus] Tellytummies, open wide Keep the frightened faces inside Round and round the dead wheel goes Where the soft grass never grows Tellytummies, close the door Little feet don’t run here anymore When the screen forgets your name It calls you back again [Verse 2] You stand in pairs beneath the clouds One pale eye fixed upon the ground The cracked-up grates across your chests Keep every borrowed heartbeat down [Pre-Chorus] The speaker lifts its crooked neck A signal crawls across the plain You see your own face in the glass Then see it look away [Chorus] Tellytummies, open wide Keep the frightened faces inside Round and round the dead wheel goes Where the soft grass never grows Tellytummies, close the door Little feet don’t run here anymore When the screen forgets your name It calls you back again [Bridge] No morning comes to this small hill No wind can turn the iron blades You count the shapes; there should be four The screen shows five behind the gate [Final Chorus] Tellytummies, open wide Keep the frightened faces inside Round and round the dead wheel goes While the black door breathes below Tellytummies, close the door Hear the small hands scrape once more When the screen forgets your name It calls you back again [Outro] The tower turns The field stays still The door is shut The screen is full
