When I'm Not Looking, You're Not There Lyrics - Obscurities - Stephin Merritt

When I was young I saw a square 

A hole where something should be there 

I knew all this was just a cage 

This knowledge has not changed with age 

I knew then and I know it still 

Im being held against my will 

Inside this stupid hologram 

So I won't find out who I am 

I really just pretend to care 

When I'm not looking you're not there 

And you and your disgusting lies 

Like gravity and compromise 

And flesh and life and love and time 

That's your opinion it's not mine 

I live among the robots now 

But I'll find out my way out somehow 

So save your big reality 

For when you're so-called touching me 

You're only colors in thin air 

When you're not looking you're not there