Schaffer the Darklord - The City Lyrics
It is night time every time I admire the skylineOtherwise my eyes are in my palm as it all flies byCan't remember what it was I tried to find when I arrivedCame here with some purpose, now I've forgotten why IHaven't left yet, haven't hedged my bets yetHalf dead and yet, haven't halved half my debits yetI get lost like I'm at sea, crossing streets I cross so thoughtlesslyCan't believe I haven't gotten slaughtered off so awfullyHa! Ha! Laughing cautiously and she's likeAh! Ah! I can feel The City breathing on mePushing down upon me, gathering ground around meShiver in the shadows of colossi surrounding meSo pretty from a distance, spend a minute in it, and it turns to vinegar in an instantFor instance, I forgotten where I'm from, though I know I miss itAnd I'm a about to hit my limit with it - hit it!You and I, we all resideIn this nightmare of glass and steel, we will dieWith hopeless eyes and broken stridesRats in the flood will struggle, but won't surviveAnd we just lie to ourselves, that what we find in our hellMakes all the suffering that we endure all worthwhile wellThe City Ruins EverythingThe City Ruins EverythingThe City Ruins EverythingThe City Ruins EverythingSpirit quickly broken, yet you try to make the most of itBut hopelessness will hold you back, the rope The City chokes you withEmotionless expressions all around you, cold and loneliness and homelessnessBut you can't move away, you can't afford it yetAnd everything that brings you out is countered by that sinking doubtIt makes you dwell on money and how you can't do a thing without itYeah think about it, cry and down in drinks and drown itDroppin' a couple of hundred dollars an hour - tell your shrink about itClaw through crowds impossibly impatient and loudBottleneck the sidewalks, on the trains, undergroundElevators, escalators, every place they take you make you fray a little greaterPraying for escape and I can't take it!You and I, we all resideIn this nightmare of glass and steel, we will dieWith hopeless eyes and broken stridesRats in the flood will struggle, but won't surviveAnd we just lie to ourselves, that what we find in our hellMakes all the suffering that we endure all worthwhile wellThe City Ruins EverythingThe City Ruins EverythingThe City Ruins EverythingThe City Ruins EverythingThis could be anywhere, but listen here this is hereThis is fear, this is why I empty baggies, swim in beerThis is why I'm hopeful when the preacher's hiss "The end is near"This is why my tears are drowned out, the only sound I hearThe deafening cacophony of car horns and sirensThe news reports police are charged with hard-core violenceSacrifice my dreams for a heart cold as stoneBeen years, but locals are still calling me tourist hollering "Go Home!"But I don't know where home is in this rental in this buildingNever felt more alone then when I am among millionsI've been beaten, defeated, mistreated, cheated, I've cededI'll never make it out alive because I still love it too much to leave it!You and I, we all resideIn this nightmare of glass and steel, we will dieWith hopeless eyes and broken stridesRats in the flood will struggle, but won't surviveAnd we just lie to ourselves, that what we find in our hellMakes all the suffering that we endure all worthwhile wellYou and I, we all resideIn this nightmare of glass and steel, we will dieWith hopeless eyes and broken stridesRats in the flood will struggle, but won't surviveAnd we just lie to ourselves, that what we find in our hellMakes all the suffering that we endure all worthwhile wellThe City Ruins EverythingNew York Ruins EverythingSan Francisco Ruins EverythingChicago Ruins EverythingAustin Ruins EverythingL.A. Ruins EverythingAtlanta Ruins EverythingAnd Every City Ruins Portland
