|
1 |
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot |
A |
|
2 |
(our ears to the radio) |
B |
|
3 |
Bravo Alpha Romeo |
C |
|
4 |
(our eyes to the sky) |
D |
|
5 |
Tango Victor Tango |
E |
|
6 |
(listening
for code) |
F |
|
7 |
|
G |
|
8 |
Yankee
Hotel Foxtrot |
H |
|
9 |
listening through the radio static |
I |
|
0 |
looking for meaning in the background
hiss |
J |
|
1 |
words in the ether |
K |
|
2 |
songs in the beeps |
L |
|
3 |
skipping back into the electronic boxes |
M |
|
4 |
for us to decipher |
N |
|
5 |
even if there’s nothing there |
O |
|
6 |
just whirrs |
P |
|
7 |
and hums |
Q |
|
8 |
|
R |
|
9 |
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot |
S |
|
0 |
(eyes gone dry from CNN) |
T |
|
1 |
Charlie Alpha Whiskey |
U |
|
2 |
(ears gone numb from Limbaugh dittes) |
V |
|
3 |
Victor Charlie Charlie |
W |
|
4 |
(hands type away forever) |
X |
|
5 |
|
Y |
|
6 |
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot |
Z |
|
7 |
a foreign voice in the hiss |
A |
|
8 |
|
B |
|
9 |
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot |
C |
|
0 |
Yankee… Hotel… Foxtrot |
D |
|
1 |
|
E |
|
2 |
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot |
F |
|
3 |
anonymous voice out of nowhere |
G |
|
4 |
broadcasting to nowhere |
H |
|
5 |
from nowhere |
I |
|
6 |
to no one |
J |
|
7 |
but there she is |
K |
|
8 |
on the shortwave radio |
L |
|
9 |
and what is she saying? |
M |
|
0 |
“Yankee… Hotel… Foxtrot” |
N |
|
1 |
but what does she mean? |
O |
|
2 |
“Yankee… Hotel… Foxtrot” |
P |
|
3 |
|
Q |
|
4 |
Whiskey Charlie Bravo |
R |
|
5 |
after Pearl Harbor, we were pissing our
pants |
S |
|
6 |
we thought they’d already taken
California |
T |
|
7 |
Victor Delta Bravo |
U |
|
8 |
after the Russians got the bomb |
V |
|
9 |
the commies were everywhere |
W |
|
0 |
we were all spies |
X |
|
1 |
and we all had decoder rings |
Y |
|
2 |
|
Z |
|
3 |
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot |
A |
|
4 |
half a year ago, we had no idea |
B |
|
5 |
there were still two planes in the sky |
C |
|
6 |
or was it six? |
D |
|
7 |
or ten? |
E |
|
8 |
they already took New York |
F |
|
9 |
was Topeka the next to go? |
G |
|
0 |
|
H |
|
1 |
Yankee Yankee Yankee |
I |
|
2 |
every brown man is a suspect now, a
terrorist |
J |
|
3 |
so says the decoder ring |
K |
|
4 |
so says the man on the radio |
L |
|
5 |
so says the internet |
M |
|
6 |
|
N |
|
7 |
one two three four five six seven: all good
children go to heaven |
O |
|
8 |
A B C D E F G: tell me what you think of me |
P |
|
9 |
H I J K L M N O P: tell me how the world will be |
Q |
|
0 |
Q R S T U V: tell me what you want to see |
R |
|
1 |
W X Y Z: you see what you want to see |
S |
|
2 |
|
T |
|
3 |
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot |
U |
|
4 |
(there is no code) |
V |
|
5 |
Yankee Romeo Whiskey |
W |
|
6 |
(there is no code) |
X |
|
7 |
Bravo Hotel Delta |
Y |
|
8 |
(the whispers are just whispers) |
Z |
|
9 |
Victor Charlie Foxtrot |
A |
|
0 |
(the rumours are just rumours) |
B |
|
1 |
(the fears are just fears) |
C |
|
2 |
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot |
D |
|
3 |
(shut off the teevee) |
E |
|
4 |
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot |
F |
|
5 |
(shut off the radio) |
G |
|
6 |
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot |
H |
|
7 |
(shut off the computer) |
I |
|
8 |
wake up, america |
J |
|
9 |
there is no code |
K |