The song Telephony by Have A Nice Life seems to describe the desire to connect with someone from the past using scientific means. The lyrics suggest that if science is as advanced as it claims, the speaker can build a machine that can bend time and allow him to travel through it. He believes that he can break time's back and build a door to communicate with those who are no longer with us. The song conveys the speaker's wish to hear the voice of someone who may have passed on or whom they have lost contact with, but they are unsure if they have the choice to do so. The lyrics imply a sense of desperation and fear, as the speaker asks if anybody is there and is only met with faint replies. The closing line, "When the world hates a body, it just throws itself away to a place where our hands can't reach," suggests that the speaker may be feeling disconnected from the world and that important people or things have slipped away beyond their reach. The song touches on themes of nostalgia, loss, and the ultimate futility of trying to communicate with those who are no longer accessible.
