Terminal Twilight

There's a telephone ringing in an empty room
And car brakes squealing
Distant traffic, constant sighing
Far-off voices mumbling
Vah-vah-vah jet plane droning
Dogs barking ' kitchens moaning
Dishes rattling in a sink
A screen door slams
Someone's laughing
Grass is being softly trembled
Heavy object dragged on gravel
Children screaming
My own heart beating
Fighting down the panic, panic, panic!
Shapeless silhouettes slipping ' Just out of sight
Car headlights screaming ' Inescapable light
Telephone voice droning ' The words can't be right
You were warm, even breathing ' This sunday last night
Lying formless faces ' Turning away
Deaf lips fall silent ' No words to say
If only they'd leave me ' Perhaps you might stay
In my windowless room ' Night turns to day
There's a crack in my walls
And it looks just like you
Sometimes my sheets are the hills of Arabia
But someone always pulls them down again
Now I think I can hear you ' An inaudible sigh
In the mirror I see you're ' Inbetweening by
And I reach out to touch you ' This must be a lie
I call out your name ' But there is no reply