[Lyric] Northern States (Yesper)

[Verse 1]
Contact, radio makes contact
To the southern reaches of the northern states
Power out
Halogen burns low now
The electric speeches of the wires die out

[Chorus]
Then the humming mind
Startled by quiet
Sharp as a sudden swim in icy water
Elevator light
Cubicle mine
I was enthralled by the appalling quiet

[Verse 2]
Contrast, in the office, contrast
Steady hands make missteps
No one notices
Phantom gentlemen make comments
Float bеhind your desk chair
And rattle paperclips
[Chorus]
Thеn the humming mind
Hardened by time
Numb as a fence-post in the winter ground
Salivating choir
Funeral pyre
Humming soprano with my shoes untied
Then the humming mind
Startled by quiet
Sharp as a sudden swim in icy water
Elevator light
Cubicle mine
I was enthralled by the appalling quiet