The City And The Ghost

Tonight I need the bright lights
Still got her face on my mind
Heading where the talk is cheap
And I'm dressed to a "T" so they won't notice me

It's warm for October
And I've got the windows down
The skyline whispers her promises
The same lie each night

But I force myself to believe...

And I swore it'd be different but how could it be?
What I came to escape is right here inside of me

The city's a desert
With photographic stars
Each pretty face is just a mirage
And my mouth's full of sand again

But I force myself to believe
Across the river's the cure for what's sick inside of me

And I swore it'd be different but how could it be?
What I came to escape is right here inside of me
And I swore it'd be different but how could it be?
What I came to escape is right here inside of me

I look in the mirror past the buildings, the sky's getting light
Another piece of my innocence is the admission I paid there tonight
Slow down past her exit though it makes me sick, and I imagine her saying
"You're better than this... you're better than this."

And I swore it'd be different but how could it be?
What I came here to escape is right here inside of me
And I swore it'd be different but how could it be?
What I came to escape is right here inside of me
Whoa, whoa
And I swore it'd be different