Schäffer the Darklord - The City lyrics

It is night time every time
I admire the skyline
Otherwise my eyes are in my palm
As it all flies by
Can't remember what it was I tried
To find when I arrived
Came here with some purpose
Now I've forgotten why I haven't left yet
Haven't hedged my bets yet
Half dead and yet
Haven't halved half my debit's yet
I get lost like I'm at sea
Crossing streets I cross so thoughtlessly
Can't believe I haven't gotten
Slaughtered off so awfully
Ha! Ha! Laughing cautiously and she's like
Ah! Ah! I can feel The City breathing on me
Pushing down upon me
Gathering ground around me
Shiver in the shadows of
Colossi surrounding me


So pretty from a distance, spend
A minute in it
And it turns to vinegar in an instant
For instance, I forgotten where I'm from
Though I know I miss it
And I'm a about to hit my
Limit with it - hit it!
You and I, we all reside
In this nightmare of glass and steel
We will die
With hopeless eyes and broken strides
Rats in the flood will struggle
But won't survive
And we just lie to ourselves
That what we find in our hell
Makes all the suffering that we
Endure all worthwhile well

The City Ruins Everything
The City Ruins Everything
The City Ruins Everything
The City Ruins Everything

Spirit quickly broken
Yet you try to make the most of it
But hopelessness will hold you back
The rope The City chokes you with
Emotionless expressions all around you
Cold and loneliness and homelessness
But you can't move away
You can't afford it yet
And everything that brings you out is
Countered by that sinking doubt
It makes you dwell on money and how
You can't do a thing without it
Yeah think about it
Cry and down in drinks and drown it
Droppin' a couple of hundred dollars an hour
- tell your shrink about it
Claw through crowds impossibly
Impatient and loud
Bottleneck the sidewalks, on the trains
Underground elevators, escalators
Every place they take you make
You fray a little greater
Praying for escape and I can't take it!

You and I, we all reside
In this nightmare of glass and steel
We will die
With hopeless eyes and broken strides
Rats in the flood will struggle
But won't survive
And we just lie to ourselves
That what we find in our hell
Makes all the suffering that we
Endure all worthwhile well

The City Ruins Everything
The City Ruins Everything
The City Ruins Everything
The City Ruins Everything

This could be anywhere
But listen here this is here
This is fear, this is why I empty baggies
Swim in beer
This is why I'm hopeful when the
Preacher's hiss "The end is near"
This is why my tears are drowned out
The only sound I hear
The deafening cacophony of car
Horns and sirens the news reports police are
Charged with hard-core violence
Sacrifice my dreams for a heart cold as stone
Been years, But locals are still calling me
Tourist hollering "Go Home!"
But I don't know where home is
In this rental in this building
Never felt more alone then when
I am among millions
I've been beaten, defeated
Mistreated, cheated, I've ceded
I'll never make it out alive because I still
Love it too much to leave it!

You and I, we all reside
In this nightmare of glass and steel
We will die
With hopeless eyes and broken strides
Rats in the flood will struggle
But won't survive
And we just lie to ourselves
That what we find in our hell
Makes all the suffering that we
Endure all worthwhile well

You and I, we all reside
In this nightmare of glass and steel
We will die
With hopeless eyes and broken strides
Rats in the flood will struggle
But won't survive
And we just lie to ourselves
That what we find in our hell
Makes all the suffering that we
Endure all worthwhile well

The City Ruins Everything
New York Ruins Everything
San Francisco Ruins Everything
Chicago Ruins Everything
Austin Ruins Everything lA ruins Everything
Atlanta Ruins Everything
And Every City Ruins Portland