[Intro: test tone, tape hiss] [Spoken, calm broadcast voice] This is not a test. Please remain indoors. Do not look at the moon. [Verse 1: whispered] After the anthem, after the flag The colour bars bleed, the picture drags A smiling face on a station that never sends Reading out names of the neighbours and friends [Pre-Chorus] Turn it down, turn it down It already knows your house [Chorus: strained] Dead air, dead air Something's breathing in the snow Dead air, dead air Four seven six, don't let it know [Instrumental: glitch break, broadcast tones] [Verse 2: whispered] Grandfather's set in the back of the hall Hums when it's off, faces the wall Someone is standing just out of the frame The same as the last time, never the same [Pre-Chorus] Turn it down, turn it down It already knows your house [Chorus: strained] Dead air, dead air Something's breathing in the snow Dead air, dead air Four seven six, don't let it know [Bridge: spoken, slowing tape] If you hear your name, do not answer. If you see the man in the field, do not wave. Stay tuned. [Outro: static swells, test tone cuts to silence]
