"Metal" lyrics

"Metal"
(originally by Gary Numan)

We're in the building where they make us grow
And I'm frightened by the liquid engineers, like you

My Mallory heart is sure to fail
I could crawl around the floor just like I'm real, like you

The sound of metal, I want to be you
I should learn to be a man, like you

Plug me in and turn me on
Oh, everything is moving

I need my treatment, it's tomorrow they send me
Singing, "I am an American", do you?

Picture this, if I can make the change
I'd love to pull the wires from the wall, do you?

And who are you? And how could I, try?
Here inside, I like metal, do you?

And who are you? And how could I, try?
Here inside, I like metal, don't you?

All I know, is no one dies
I'm still confusing love with need


Thanks to Mia for adding these lyrics.
Writer(s): Deborah Harry, Chris Stein, Gary Webb