Gazing down at the World from on top of the high-rise
Looking through his glassy eyes at the mall
Wishful thinking and heavy drinking as he watches the world go by
The telephone rings he answers the thing with a dead sounding cheerless hello

“Zach” the telephone says from a faceless distant voice
“I’m down at the beach. You wanna come too?
I’m bored and need something to do.”
So Zach belches out loud and says “I’ll be there soon.”
As he stands up and falls flat on his face

Zach passes out and there was no doubt that “soon” would not be
The phone rings again, it’s quarter past ten
And Zach snores a little too loud
The machine picks up the message and falls upon dying deaf ears

“Zach, I shaved my head and I wanna be dead.
Can’tcha hear me I’m reaching out?
I cut a little too close, I smoked too much dope
I’m moving to slow and I think my mommy’s calling me now

The sirens ring out in the dead of night
And driven out to another close call
“Zach, you’re my only last chance, I’m going insane
The voices I hear very loud.”

I’m calling you now and I know that somehow
You’ll help me out of this gloom
Zach, listen to me, it’s your good friend O.D.
Please come out to my rescue

Oh my god do you hear? The angels have arrived
They’ve come to take me away
Zach buddy, I’m scared, I’m in a white room
Padded so softly inside

The tides rising high, let’s build a castle outside
And take a walk on the beach in midday
The colors are very strange, The sand is all bad
And my swimsuit has my arms tied in back