This is a national anthem from the flip-side of the Empire
Hand on my heart, heart on the sleeve of the constitution
Sinking right into a mirror leaving reflections on its surface
Caught in a kind of radio beacon that's sending out signals
Transmitting them backwards

Hey, tell me it's true, is this the other side of U?
Worlds gonna change with the move in your face,
Do I still walk on the same structure?
Hey, what do we know? Re(a)leasing arrows over cosmic meadows
Nothing is real, even iron or steel melting gently in the cold structure

Watching your face through a peephole as I lean against the door
Can't understand what you say but I think that you're calling my name
Leaving the ones I loved is like leaving the one they want me to be
Making decisions in real-time-precision
As millions of sailors in parallel worlds

Hey, tell me it's true, is this the other side of U?
Worlds gonna change with the move in your face,
Do I still walk on the same structure?
Hey, what do we know? Re(a)leasing arrows over cosmic meadows
Nothing is real, even iron or steel melting gently in the cold structure

Everybody walks this side of the runway
Everybody hopes to get off the trap
All we really like is to groove with emotion
Waiting for the airline to lift us up

Lyrics & Music: Marian Gold, Bernhard Lloyd, Ricky Echolette

Release history:

1986 03 27 · Dance With Me · Single

1999 01 · Dreamscapes · Album

2005 12 31 · Dreamscapes Revisited · MP3 Album

2014 10 13 · So80s - Alphaville · Compilation

2021 05 07 · Afternoons in Utopia - Remastered · Album

2021 08 13 · Dance With Me EP · Online Release

Notes:

"Nelson Highrise" is a quartet of songs that are all part of the same story. "The Mirror" follows "The Elevator" and is followed by "The Garage" and "Scum of the Earth".

On the labels of Dance With Me the song's full title is given as "The Nelson Highrise Sector 2: The Mirror including The Other Side of U / Airlines / T.O.S.O.U (Reprise)". On Dreamscapes the song is simply called "The Other Side of U".

This is the track from which your humble webmaster has taken the title "Cosmic Meadows". The phrase also appears in "Faith".