Clockwork

I'll study you, I'll put you against my ear to hear the whirring noises you make.
I'll study you and try to listen to the clicking of gears and figure you out without any supporting literature.
I'll make up theories and I'll shoot in the dark and it will all be by trial and error.
But I'll study you, so that when I take you apart, I'll know how to put you back together again.