Shrouded City Memories

This light takes me through
A city shrouded from head to toe
Stay away from the dark cracks
That drag me in

A four-way intersection presents
4 possible fates, dimensions in time
In all, I leave this place the same way
Rip myself apart, each piece takes a path

And a tune on the radio static
Tells me of my destiny here
I listen with such sound intentions
For the word that could change it all

If I laid down on this concrete manifestation
Shadows would come and go, never noticing
To make their own ways to graves
Surrounded by neon temptations

But I notice the bay by the city
The crystal clear answer to our existence
Is at the bottom, where treasure lies
In our heads, in our dreams

Street performers show me it all
With a dance that calls forth the ghosts
Of a Christmas past, and no future
Comes from lasting there with them

In the skyline, a thousand monuments
To humanity’s overcrowdedness
Buildings crammed with flesh, packed
Like meat in a slaughterhouse

Past them, though, I wonder when
The sun will rise and wash this city
I’m oblivious to a common fact
That the sun has set forever here

So I fall asleep, like everybody else
And sleepwalk to find some sort
Of daydream in those cracks
That are pulling me under