City Lights (Brownstein/Amarante)
My vision’s held in what I hold
As dreams adored of young and old
And revelry still claims my sight
To march me through my modern nights
Manhattan’s grayer than the rain
The city skulks to learn my name
Standing still and strong and pure
Holding what I can’t endure
Sewer rats and moving trains
Swimming by in flooded rains
Early days and blackened nights
Stars that bow to city lights
I’m searching for a space to stay
I sold my worth for better days
And as they come I’m born anew
As another space that stretches you
My feet have strained to walk these streets
The moment moves to bring defeat
It’s the change against that stains my mind
And leaves my better sense behind
Sewer rats and moving trains
Swimming by in flooded rains
Early days and blackened nights
Stars that bow to city lights
I’m working for chance to rise
Till my appetite is born and dies
as fresher then, has settled in
and taken place in who I've been
Written by Jake Brownstein and Patrick Amarante
Copyright Lazy Egg Records