Penn is referring to the Bunker Hill in Los Angeles, not the one in Boston. Bunker Hill is a former residential neighborhood that overlooked Downtown LA in the city’s early days; it went from a highly-desirable upscale neighborhood to a slum as the city grew around it. Eventually the houses were de...
Always thought it was a game with us
Move until enough's enough
Into a picture-perfect view
I'd like to rip it up with you
Why would anybody leave this place?
It's overdrawn and won't erase
And if you're feeling incomplete
The line is stretching up the street
So take a look, but you might stay until
You have counted every light from Bunker Hill
Take a coat, you're gonna freeze
My baby sees
Every sentence with an underline
Never uses turpentine
Put out a fleece and build a kite
A siren's going off tonight
Lay your head down
Do you call this chance?
Found the exit, this entrance
Now's the time, and it is still
I'm sorry that I kept you waiting here until
Hey, Luanda, do you want a thrill?
We can watch the lights shine up from Bunker Hill
If it puts your heart at ease
My baby, please
Try, but you can't hide
Impossible, you're lit from the inside
And all I've gotta do is keep my eyes above the ground
To see you move around
The only points of light are fires on Vermont
Somebody must suspect that all we really want
Is a tranquilizer gun, but still
It's a free-for-all on Bunker Hill
And everybody wets their knees
On the trapeze