“No One Is There” features Nico’s signature cryptic, surreal lyrics on top of John Cale’s dismal quartet of violas. An alternate harmonium-only version can be found on the 2007 posthumous compilation The Frozen Borderline: 1968-1970.
Lyrically—both in theme and composition, consisting mostly on an...
[Verse 1]
Across from behind my window screen
Demon is dancing down the scene
In a crucial parody
Demon is dancing down the scene
[Chorus]
He is calling and throwing his arms up in the air
And no one is there
All of them are missing as the game comes to a start
No one is there
[Verse 2]
Some are calling, some are sad
Some are calling him mad
No one is there
Across from behind your window screen
Demon is dancing down the scene
In a crucial parody
Demon is dancing down the scene
[Chorus]
He is calling and throwing his arms up in the air
No one is there
All of them are missing as the game comes to a start
No one is there
[Outro]
And no sound has them
Declared
To be missing (To be missing)
To be missing (To be missing)
To be missing (To be missing)
No One Is There was written by Nico.
No One Is There was produced by Frazier Mohawk.