The City

It is night time every time I admire the skyline
Otherwise my eyes are in my palm as it all flies by
Can't remember what it was I tried to find when I arrived
Came here with some purpose, now I've forgotten why I
Haven't left yet, haven't hedged my bets yet
Half dead and yet, haven't halved half my debits yet
I get lost like I'm at sea, crossing streets I cross so thoughtlessly
Can't believe I haven't gotten slaughtered off so awfully
Ha! Ha! Laughing cautiously and she's like
Ah! Ah! I can feel The City breathing on me
Pushing down upon me, gathering ground around me
Shiver in the shadows of colossi surrounding me
So pretty from a distance, spend a minute in it, and it turns to vinegar in an instant
For instance, I forgotten where I'm from, though I know I miss it
And I'm a about to hit my limit with it - hit it!

You and I, we all reside
In this nightmare of glass and steel, we will die
With hopeless eyes and broken strides
Rats in the flood will struggle, but won't survive
And we just lie to ourselves, that what we find in our hell
Makes all the suffering that we endure all worthwhile well

The City Ruins Everything
The City Ruins Everything
The City Ruins Everything
The City Ruins Everything

Spirit quickly broken, yet you try to make the most of it
But hopelessness will hold you back, the rope The City chokes you with
Emotionless expressions all around you, cold and loneliness and homelessness
But you can't move away, you can't afford it yet
And everything that brings you out is countered by that sinking doubt
It makes you dwell on money and how you can't do a thing without it
Yeah think about it, cry and down in drinks and drown it
Droppin' a couple of hundred dollars an hour - tell your shrink about it
Claw through crowds impossibly impatient and loud
Bottleneck the sidewalks, on the trains, underground
Elevators, escalators, every place they take you make you fray a little greater
Praying for escape and I can't take it!

You and I, we all reside
In this nightmare of glass and steel, we will die
With hopeless eyes and broken strides
Rats in the flood will struggle, but won't survive
And we just lie to ourselves, that what we find in our hell
Makes all the suffering that we endure all worthwhile well

The City Ruins Everything
The City Ruins Everything
The City Ruins Everything
The City Ruins Everything

This could be anywhere, but listen here this is here
This is fear, this is why I empty baggies, swim in beer
This 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 hear
The deafening cacophony of car horns and sirens
The news reports police are charged with hard-core violence
Sacrifice my dreams for a heart cold as stone
Been years, but locals are still calling me tourist hollering "Go Home!"
But I don't know where home is in this rental in this building
Never felt more alone then when I am among millions
I've been beaten, defeated, mistreated, cheated, I've ceded
I'll never make it out alive because I still love it too much to leave it!

You and I, we all reside
In this nightmare of glass and steel, we will die
With hopeless eyes and broken strides
Rats in the flood will struggle, but won't survive
And we just lie to ourselves, that what we find in our hell
Makes all the suffering that we endure all worthwhile well

You and I, we all reside
In this nightmare of glass and steel, we will die
With hopeless eyes and broken strides
Rats in the flood will struggle, but won't survive
And we just lie to ourselves, that what we find in our hell
Makes all the suffering that we endure all worthwhile well

The City Ruins Everything
New York Ruins Everything
San Francisco Ruins Everything
Chicago Ruins Everything
Austin Ruins Everything
L.A. Ruins Everything
Atlanta Ruins Everything
And Every City Ruins Portland