REEL TO REEL Verse 1 Psycho is calling, I hear Mother speak, The Night of the Living Dead walks the street, The Exorcist whispers a name in my ear, And Jaws is swimming wherever I fear. The Shining has frozen the blood in my veins, Halloween is stalking the dark in my brain, I switch off the television, I lock every door, But the pictures keep coming, demanding more. Chorus Reel to reel, reel to reel, What's a dream and what's real? Frame by frame, I lose control, Silver pictures swallow my soul. Reel to reel, the night goes on, I can't remember where I belong, The screen goes black, but still I see The movies have got inside of me. Verse 2 Dracula rises beneath the moon, The Wolf Man is howling a terrible tune, Frankenstein staggers out into the rain, And The Texas Chain Saw Massacre starts again. Alien waits in the walls of my room, The Thing is hiding, there's something in the gloom, The Fly is buzzing around in my head, I see film credits rolling when I go to bed. Chorus Reel to reel, reel to reel, What's a dream and what's real? Frame by frame, I lose control, Silver pictures swallow my soul. Reel to reel, the night goes on, I can't remember where I belong, The screen goes black, but still I see The movies have got inside of me. Verse 3 2001: A Space Odyssey calls from the stars, The Day the Earth Stood Still waits outside in the dark, In The NeverEnding Story, the Nothing draws near, And now even Fantasia is vanishing here. I hear HAL say, “I'm sorry, Dave,” I see the Nothing rolling in like a wave, The projector is turning, the room starts to spin, And I don't know where the movie ends and I begin. Final Chorus Reel to reel, reel to reel, Tell me, somebody, what is real? Frame by frame, the world unwinds, Every movie is eating my mind. Reel to reel, the last show begins, The house lights fade, the darkness wins, The credits roll, but I cannot leave… I'm in the picture. The picture is me. Outro — whispered, over a fading piano Reel to reel… Frame by frame… Who's watching whom? And who's insane?
