Time is fleeting
You can't stop time
Hearts are beating
'cause there ain't no time
Dial that number
Stories fly
See their faces, empty places

Uh, elevator
Time goes by
Uh, generator
Love flies by
Good-bye, good-bye

Time is hurting
But it ain't a crime
Someone's bleeding all the time
Too much tension in a second
Just repeat it
'cause I need it

Uh, elevator
Indicator
Accelerator
Uh, generator
Turning on,
Turning elevator on

Lyrics & Music: Marian Gold, Bernhard Lloyd, Frank Mertens

Notes:

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