𝐶𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠

[Intro] (Uh...) (Yeah...) One two one two. [Verse 1: Fast Dense Rap, Shouted, Staccato] I'm walking past the corner store at three o'clock at night and feeling The city never sleeps and all my broken dreams need healing I see the street cats watching me like they remember all my face I used to chase the sunrise now I'm running from this place My golden chain is swinging heavy underneath the midnight sky The lovers fighting loud and then they making up I wonder why Every single wall has got some ears and every door has got some eyes The city keeps you honest and it strips away your fake disguise My phone is always buzzing but I let it ring I don't care Money fame and all that bullshit never gets me anywhere All I really need is just the pavement sitting under both my feet And the rhythm of my heartbeat when it's matching with the street The headlights cutting through the mist and I exist inside this zone The moment frozen with the smoke between my lips I'm all alone Reality and dreams begin to twist and shift inside my brain I light another one and watch it burn and dance inside the rain! [Chorus: Shouted Rap, No Singing, reversed melody and haunting piano] City life! City lights! Dreams dissolve in smoke tonight! Lonely flame! In my grip! City blues won't let me slip! City life! City lights! Dreams dissolve in smoke tonight! Lonely flame! In my grip! City blues won't let me slip! (Stay real!) [Verse 2: Fast Dense Rap, Shouted, Staccato] I'm looking in the mirror and I see a stranger looking back at me I'm running from my demons but they know this city naturally Every single scar is telling stories every tear becomes a song I've been here way too short but damn I've been here way too long My friends became the strangers and the strangers all became the ghosts The people who knew me the best are now the ones I miss the most I dream of inner peace but I am standing on the battleground I'm lost inside the city but I really like the fucking sound The bass is shaking windows and it's rattling inside my bones The music is the only thing that really feels just like a home The graffiti artists painting all the pictures of the urban pain While I'm out here dancing and I'm spinning in the acid rain My mama said be careful and my daddy said be fucking strong But nobody ever told me that the nights could be this fucking long So I light another ember and I watch it burn inside my hand Hoping that the world will finally turn and help me understand! [Chorus: Shouted Rap, No Singing, reversed melody and haunting piano] City life! City lights! Dreams dissolve in smoke tonight! Lonely flame! In my grip! City blues won't let me slip! City life! City lights! Dreams dissolve in smoke tonight! Lonely flame! In my grip! City blues won't let me slip! (Stay real!) [Bridge: Slow, whispered vocals] Let me breathe... (Ooh...) This is real... (Yeah...) [Outro - Spoken word only, no melody] (Yeah!) (That's real!) [End]