No Phase

I've got lots of little squares
 more rectangular I guess
 come in colors blue and red
 I like the purple one instead
 yellow dots on purple box
 used to be my favorite
 now something's wrong with what I've got
 It's just not the same now
 There used to be a special sound
 one that no one else had heard
 like a machine that someone
 poured a glass of water into
 metallic skronk a purple jet
 point the knobs where I know best
 now it's gone I can't forget
 the air it pushed around me
 Please show me how
 how it can return
 to a familiar place
 another tone from space
 is lost for now and gone without a trace
 it's quieter in here
 the wire's crossed a little bit
 above the great pacific rim
 the yellow dots were meant to sit
 but in the air they tend to shift
 the purple box was tame
 it used to be my favorite
 now the tears are crocodile
 splashing on the older songs