The Skyline

[Verse 1]
The city, my arrow, my compass and grid
The map of my palm and the secrets I hid
We were believers, the brightest and best
Uptown, Downtown, East Side and West

[Verse 2]
Now the streets are crooked and I've lost my way
In the glitter of rain, in the lights of Broadway
In this aimless daze I am worthless and lame
As I sift through the ashes, the pictures and names

[Chorus]
I look away, I see a void
Shards of glass and falling stars
The skyline in your face
The skyline and its scar

[Verse 3]
Here is New York where all is desire
Zeppelins moored to the highest spires
The city, my city, of love and of power
Of high wire acts between the Twin Towers

[Verse 4]
Turn back the soldiers, turn back the hands
Take me back to the place where nothing now stands
Take me back to the moment, take me back to before
Let me revel again where skyscrapers soared

[Chorus]
I look away, I see a void
Shards of glass and falling stars
The skyline in your face
The skyline and its scar

[Verse 5]
Give me the songs, give me all the clichés
They're all that I've got to get through the day
Here is New York in black and in blue
From the Staten Island Ferry where I first kissed you

[Chorus]
I look away, I see a void
Shards of glass and falling stars
The skyline in your face
The skyline and its scar

[Verse 5]
Give me the songs, give me all the clichés
They're all that I've got to get through the day
Here is New York in black and in blue
From the Staten Island Ferry where I first kissed you

[Chorus]
I look away, I see a void
Shards of glass and falling stars
The skyline in your face
The skyline and its scar

[Outro]
And its scar
And its scar
And its scar