Electricity
words and music by Anthony Toner
(from the album A Sky for Every Day)

The electricity is after me.
That doesn’t mean I’m paranoid.
It killed my grandfather in 1953,
it’s a fate I can’t avoid.

The electricity is after you:
It will come and find you in the end.
It sizzles in your ceiling and in your wall sockets, too -
whispers in your ear that it’s your friend.

Turn it off, turn it on.
When the lights come up, you’re gone.
You disconnected me a long time ago.
These sudden changes are bad for business.

The electricity stays awake.
It walks around your house all night.
Makes your alarm clock blink and your refrigerator shake,
fools you into thinking it’s daylight.

Turn it off, turn it on.
When the lights come up, you’re gone.
You disconnected me a long time ago.
These sudden changes are bad for business.

The electricity remembers you,
and all the promises you broke.
You see, you leave a static charge on everything you do;
first there’s a flash, then it all goes up in smoke.