Ashes to Ashes
Trapped in a nightmare
Trapped in a nightmare
The kind where you wake up
The kind where you wake up
Screaming
Screaming
Flick a switch
Flick a switch
An underground bunker
An underground bunker
At eye level a
At eye level a
Wide
Wide
Curved
Curved
Window
Window
Thick as a dam
Thick as a dam
Beyond the magic barrier stretched
Beyond the magic barrier stretched
Outside
Outside
Not scrub, no tracks, no end
Not scrub, no tracks, no end
Until the curve of the planet
Until the curve of the planet
Dust
Dust
Only dust
Only dust
No wind
No wind
Twilight
Twilight
No sun, no rain, no colours, no sound
No sun, no rain, no colours, no sound
Dust
Dust
Just dust
Just dust
At waist level under the magic mirror
At waist level under the magic mirror
A silver panel
A silver panel
Lights and gauges and switches and knobs and...
Lights and gauges and switches and knobs and...
Two large
Two large
Irresistible
Irresistible
;-)
;-)
Buttons
Buttons
Big buttons
Big buttons
Bright buttons
Bright buttons
"Look Mom!
"Look Mom!
My buttons!"
My buttons!"
One red
One green
Stop Go
Stop
Go
1
2
1
2
The panel blinks softly
The panel blinks softly
A soothing display
A soothing display
A benign...bland...panorama
A benign...bland...panorama
No sound
No sound
Not a beep bong or twitter
Not a beep bong or twitter
Stop
Stop
Go
Go
Stop
Go
1
2
1
2
Gauges flutter
Gauges flutter
Screens flicker and glow
Screens flicker and glow
Lights...
Lights...
Twinkle
Twinkle
And then fade
And then fade
And the two large buttons
And the two large buttons
One red
One red
One green
One green
Stop
Go
Go
Stop
2
1
1
2
One red
One red
One green
One green
Go
1
1
2
2
Stop
Go
Stop
Go
Stop ..
Stop ..
Dust
Dust