The Ethernet

As night comes to the city, she's working hard on her computer She takes her work and bundles it up now, and then she shrugs her shoulders Slowly plods her way downstairs, drops the key off, starts the motor She saves her life on tiny disks They're not backed up, but she'll take that risk Give or take an hour or two, he'll be heading in the same direction Swapping one desktop for another in the search for his reflection Figures dance before their eyes, but keep the world outside at distance Help to keep outside the night Four floors up he knows she's gone, he felt the movement in the ether With the city spread below, he calls to her across suburbia The city will not carry his voice - tonight Back at home the keys still click to the rhythm of their isolation The flicker on the VDU's got the same old shade of grey frustration Both the desktops look the same in the quiet of their bedrooms Help to keep outside the night Four floors up he knows she's gone, he felt the movement in the ether With the city spread below, he calls to her across suburbia Though the tiny icon lights up green In an empty room but goes unseen She can't hear his hi-fi Joni singing: "Everything comes and goes" Pleasure moves on too early, trouble leaves too slow - not tonight He never knows if he'll be found Running for the underground, but she looks for him in there Scanners trace him through the park, a red dot moving through the dark She waits for him in there All the anger, all the pain, surfaces inside again All the passion, all the sex, all the heat of being cyber-ex Figures dance before their eyes, but keep the world outside at distance, yeah She's waiting on the ethernet But he's not connected yet And four floors up he knows she's gone He felt the movement in the ether With the city spread below He calls to her across suburbia The city will not carry his voice - tonight The tiny icon lights up green (And four floors up he knows she's gone) In an empty room but goes unseen (He felt the movement in the ether) She can't hear his hi-fi Joni singing: (With the city spread below) "Everything comes and goes" (He calls to her across suburbia) Pleasure moves on too early, and trouble leaves too slow - tonight Tonight, tonight, tonight Everything comes and goes