What's Next?

One main version:

* (1982) - Atomic Roses (2:47), Traumstadt I (2:47), Traumstadt I CD (2:08 - 5:03)

A sedate song. Fades in from "Of All The Girls..." (cutting off the initial lyrics) and out into "Playschool."

Instruments: Bass guitar, synth chords, occasional tinny keyboard melody, single vocal track with occasional heavy reverb, single drum machine pattern, quick burst of keyboard arpeggio right at the end.

What It's About (Maybe):

Several people kill themselves by jumping off something high, which subsequently makes a big sensationalistic news story. The narrator reveals that it was all a dream he had, but he wonders who will be the first to jump in real life.

Lyrics:

...the sky, someone said like a fly,
let's be cracked on the head,
tumbled downwards, scrambled rooftops.

Breakage spread out to the coast,
the ghosts just ambled through the sand.
Looking lost they were kicking rocks.

Shocked relations cried down microphones,
telephones
groaned in quiet corners,
others crawled away to die.

Reporters played with figures
which grew bigger all the time.
Quite a story.
Nice and gory.

Though it happened miles away
it's a scene I can't forget.
As I dreamt it all a week ago
and I'm left to sit and wonder
what comes next?
What comes next?

Will it be you, or will it be me?
What comes next?
What comes next?