Self-sacrifice is suicide What unfortunate creature must suffer Watching a thousand deaths spiral towards it With the will but not the strength to move on From this
Follow me to solace and safety Over the tar-blackened river and past the gleaming yellow eyes I hope I'm right this time I can't lose any more of you
When you gaze into your polished metal plates You picture the face of a man who longs to see his soul But claws are claws, whether sharpened or painted
bones of your dead The faces of your apparitions dripping with the tears they shed This is where majesty lies awake feeling corruptly luxurious Is this
to your advances Obsessed with visions of the world, of night in distant places What lies outside of constancy? Outside of these fences? Passing the blurry lights
It may feel like it's too much to handle, But it's not time yet. Your body operates, automatic, Like a breathless engine, It shines in the swimming haze
Tonight was just another night of monotonous fear Broken only by feeble thoughts of empty reassurance It came like a bittersweet blow to your dull reality
Here comes the train, pained and wailing Eye focused on you warily, but still unblinking Is this the one I'm supposed to bring? For this next journey
He clasps the crag with crooked hands Deformed from gripping the rock so tight Close to the sun in lonely lands But the wax never melts from his wings
enough to chill even the most shadowed soul You fucked up everybody's life you touched How's that for an accomplishment? "Surprise! I made you this exclusive
So many unfamiliar faces Oh I pray everyday (everyday) To keep from going crazy I been so many places (all around the world) So many unfamiliar faces
A cloud hangs over this city by the sea I watch the ships pass and wonder if she might be Out there and sober as well from loneliness Please do persist
city lights burn Like a thousand miles of fire And I'm here to sing this anthem Of our dying day From up here the city lights burn Like a thousand miles
across the street And Huh Huh! Beat Street is a lesson too, because you can't let the Streets beat you! Well a picture can express a thousand words
windows Of surrounding office buildings Many waved flags, and traffic came to a complete standstill On the rooftop of City Hall, which faces Daily Plaza
ya posture, stand upright not uptight Don't be scared of the light, just prepare for the fight We say, "Criminal minded", 'cause our thoughts are illegal We represent the very thinkin' of, inner city
city That city where never comes night And I saw the bright angels in glory I saw the fair mansions of light I gazed for long, long years of rapture On the face