The Protomen - Breaking Out lyrics
[The Protomen - Breaking Out lyrics]
This city doesn't know what's coming
She doesn't feel the heat
This city won't know what hit her
What knocked her out into the streets
This city's thinking that it's over
And she's already fast asleep
So I'm breaking out of here tonight
I am, I am, I am, I am ready!
We're given only what we need
Only the chance to survive
And even then, it's a coin toss
A roll of the dice
There's gotta be something better
Somewhere that feels more alive
So I'm breaking out of here tonight
I'm breaking out of here
You've gotta feel it girl
Feel the wind pick up
It feels like something's gonna change
(Something's gotta change)
But there's no use putting it in drive
If all the wheels are stuck
There's something wrong here
(Something's wrong here)
Like this whole city wants to scream
But no one makes a sound
But, you've got to feel it, baby
(Something's wrong here)
So I'm gonna find out what it is
And I'm gonna tear it down
Joe turned to a girl who'd been
Ignoring him all night, leaned in
And whispered in her ear
The engine's running, baby
We don't have time for goodbyes
I know you can't come with me
I see that look in your eyes so kiss me fast
Cause there's no time to lose
Leave the light on i'll come back for you
When everything is said and done
I swear I'm gonna make it right
I'm breaking out of here tonight
I'm breaking out of here tonight
I'm breaking out of here tonight
I'm breaking out of here tonight
Joe leaned in and stole a quick kiss from
The girl she smiled and made a
Move to slap him but he was already
Out of reach he kicked the door
Open and tore out into the dark streets
Fire in his blood he didn't know
Exactly where he was going only that he
Was moving and moving was something
The slight breeze against his
Forehead meant that
Something was changing he raised his voice
Crying out
Against the quiet, constant hum of the city
From the windows high above the streets
A few concerned women called out
To him to keep his
Voice down for his own sake
For all their safety
I'm so tired of giving up
I am so tired of giving in
You wake up knowing things should change
Not knowing where to begin
This city won't say where she's going
She won't speak of where she's been
So I'm breaking out of here tonight
Break out
Without noticing where he was heading
He'd reached his home - or
His former home - his
Mother's house she'd vanished three
Years ago he hadn't
Been back since his father had been
Gone now for nearly ten heading
Around back, he made a straight
Line for a small workshop
Set apart from the house
His father's motorbike was there a relic a
Gas engine bolted to an iron
Frame he kicked the engine a few
Times and the bike roared
To life as he turned onto the
Street and opened the throttle -
The sound of combustion savaging the silence
Of the night air -
He could almost make out the sound
Of the collective gasp let out
By the neighborhood he could almost imagine
Window after window opening above
The street line frightened
Face after frightened
Face leaning out into the bright
Glow of the streetlamps timid voice
After timid voice telling him
Speaking in unison
A chorus of fear
Ooh, don't turn your back on the city
Ooh, don't turn your back on the city
Ooh, don't turn your back on the city
Ooh, don't turn your back on the city
Joe ignored the voices he thought
Perhaps he was the only
One who hadn't turned his back
He kicked the shifter
Say a prayer for all
The children still sleeping
(Ooh, don't turn your back on the city)
3rd gear
Say a prayer for all the
Fathers who still remember
(Ooh, don't turn your back on the city)
4th
Say a prayer for all the girls
Who've learned to stand up
(Ooh, don't turn your back on the city)
5th
Say a prayer for all the
Boys who won't surrender
Sometimes I just want to drive
Until the streets run out
I want to burn until there's
Nothing left to burn about
This city's waiting for a better day
When I get back there will be hell to pay
If I'm the only one left standing
I will not be afraid to fight
So I'm breaking out of here tonight
I feel a fever coming on me
Burning out of control
And I hear nothing but the static
(Nothing but the static)
For years now there's been nothing
But the static on the radio
If you can hear my voice outside these walls
(If you can hear me)
If you can hear me sending
Out this message tonight
Then break the silence, send a signal back
(If you can hear me) i'm coming
All I need is a little guiding light
If you can hear me
Don't turn your back on the city
If you can hear me
Don't turn your back on the city
Then break the silence, send a signal back
Don't turn your back on the city
Then break the silence, send a signal back
I'm coming
All I need is a little guiding light
Don't turn your back on the city
Don't turn your back on the city i'm coming
All I need is a little guiding light
If you can hear me if you can hear me
If you can hear me
Don't turn your back on the city
Store fronts gave way to warehouses
Warehouses to abandoned factories
Factories to the slums of the city
He'd followed the line of the
Electric rail for almost
An hour the outskirts a place to which men
Now rarely ventured the dark streets
Flickered under failing street
Lamps away from the machines away from the
People trying to keep him silent
He should be feeling
Free he wasn't he was feeling something else
A wariness a hesitation joe
Let off the throttle
As his father's bike slowed to a crawl
He understood that feeling he'd
Had ever since
He'd decided to leave the city
That hesitation he'd felt was the knowledge
That he was being watched watched
When he kissed the girl at the bar
Goodbye watched when he left his
Mother's house watched even now miles from
The heart of the city
A face in the shadows
He stopped the bike in the middle
Of the street, silenced the engine
And lowered the kickstand there was no
Traffic no metal footsteps patrolling
The streets but the familiar sound of
The telescreens reached even here
Joe stood watching the face on
The screen it babbled incessantly
But said nothing
Over the sound of the screen, Joe
Heard footsteps, slow and deliberate
Echoing from the darkness
Of the alleyway kneeling down, Joe placed one
Hand on the street beside him
The other reached for the knife in
His boot he recalled the
Stories the children of the city loved to
Repeat about the red-eyed
Assassin "Light's Monster
" they called it the footsteps
Emerged from the darkness of the
Alley and into the
Uneven glow of the flickering
Street lights joe stood
His hand loosening it's grip on the knife
It was a gray haired man
Joe was about to speak when the old man
Lifted a finger and pointed past him
Into the darkness joe turned to
See a single red light
Pulsing from the depths of
The alleyway behind him
She doesn't feel the heat
This city won't know what hit her
What knocked her out into the streets
This city's thinking that it's over
And she's already fast asleep
So I'm breaking out of here tonight
I am, I am, I am, I am ready!
We're given only what we need
Only the chance to survive
And even then, it's a coin toss
A roll of the dice
There's gotta be something better
Somewhere that feels more alive
So I'm breaking out of here tonight
I'm breaking out of here
You've gotta feel it girl
Feel the wind pick up
It feels like something's gonna change
(Something's gotta change)
But there's no use putting it in drive
If all the wheels are stuck
There's something wrong here
(Something's wrong here)
Like this whole city wants to scream
But no one makes a sound
But, you've got to feel it, baby
(Something's wrong here)
So I'm gonna find out what it is
And I'm gonna tear it down
Joe turned to a girl who'd been
Ignoring him all night, leaned in
And whispered in her ear
The engine's running, baby
We don't have time for goodbyes
I know you can't come with me
I see that look in your eyes so kiss me fast
Cause there's no time to lose
Leave the light on i'll come back for you
When everything is said and done
I swear I'm gonna make it right
I'm breaking out of here tonight
I'm breaking out of here tonight
I'm breaking out of here tonight
I'm breaking out of here tonight
Joe leaned in and stole a quick kiss from
The girl she smiled and made a
Move to slap him but he was already
Out of reach he kicked the door
Open and tore out into the dark streets
Fire in his blood he didn't know
Exactly where he was going only that he
Was moving and moving was something
The slight breeze against his
Forehead meant that
Something was changing he raised his voice
Crying out
Against the quiet, constant hum of the city
From the windows high above the streets
A few concerned women called out
To him to keep his
Voice down for his own sake
For all their safety
I'm so tired of giving up
I am so tired of giving in
You wake up knowing things should change
Not knowing where to begin
This city won't say where she's going
She won't speak of where she's been
So I'm breaking out of here tonight
Break out
Without noticing where he was heading
He'd reached his home - or
His former home - his
Mother's house she'd vanished three
Years ago he hadn't
Been back since his father had been
Gone now for nearly ten heading
Around back, he made a straight
Line for a small workshop
Set apart from the house
His father's motorbike was there a relic a
Gas engine bolted to an iron
Frame he kicked the engine a few
Times and the bike roared
To life as he turned onto the
Street and opened the throttle -
The sound of combustion savaging the silence
Of the night air -
He could almost make out the sound
Of the collective gasp let out
By the neighborhood he could almost imagine
Window after window opening above
The street line frightened
Face after frightened
Face leaning out into the bright
Glow of the streetlamps timid voice
After timid voice telling him
Speaking in unison
A chorus of fear
Ooh, don't turn your back on the city
Ooh, don't turn your back on the city
Ooh, don't turn your back on the city
Ooh, don't turn your back on the city
Joe ignored the voices he thought
Perhaps he was the only
One who hadn't turned his back
He kicked the shifter
Say a prayer for all
The children still sleeping
(Ooh, don't turn your back on the city)
3rd gear
Say a prayer for all the
Fathers who still remember
(Ooh, don't turn your back on the city)
4th
Say a prayer for all the girls
Who've learned to stand up
(Ooh, don't turn your back on the city)
5th
Say a prayer for all the
Boys who won't surrender
Sometimes I just want to drive
Until the streets run out
I want to burn until there's
Nothing left to burn about
This city's waiting for a better day
When I get back there will be hell to pay
If I'm the only one left standing
I will not be afraid to fight
So I'm breaking out of here tonight
I feel a fever coming on me
Burning out of control
And I hear nothing but the static
(Nothing but the static)
For years now there's been nothing
But the static on the radio
If you can hear my voice outside these walls
(If you can hear me)
If you can hear me sending
Out this message tonight
Then break the silence, send a signal back
(If you can hear me) i'm coming
All I need is a little guiding light
If you can hear me
Don't turn your back on the city
If you can hear me
Don't turn your back on the city
Then break the silence, send a signal back
Don't turn your back on the city
Then break the silence, send a signal back
I'm coming
All I need is a little guiding light
Don't turn your back on the city
Don't turn your back on the city i'm coming
All I need is a little guiding light
If you can hear me if you can hear me
If you can hear me
Don't turn your back on the city
Store fronts gave way to warehouses
Warehouses to abandoned factories
Factories to the slums of the city
He'd followed the line of the
Electric rail for almost
An hour the outskirts a place to which men
Now rarely ventured the dark streets
Flickered under failing street
Lamps away from the machines away from the
People trying to keep him silent
He should be feeling
Free he wasn't he was feeling something else
A wariness a hesitation joe
Let off the throttle
As his father's bike slowed to a crawl
He understood that feeling he'd
Had ever since
He'd decided to leave the city
That hesitation he'd felt was the knowledge
That he was being watched watched
When he kissed the girl at the bar
Goodbye watched when he left his
Mother's house watched even now miles from
The heart of the city
A face in the shadows
He stopped the bike in the middle
Of the street, silenced the engine
And lowered the kickstand there was no
Traffic no metal footsteps patrolling
The streets but the familiar sound of
The telescreens reached even here
Joe stood watching the face on
The screen it babbled incessantly
But said nothing
Over the sound of the screen, Joe
Heard footsteps, slow and deliberate
Echoing from the darkness
Of the alleyway kneeling down, Joe placed one
Hand on the street beside him
The other reached for the knife in
His boot he recalled the
Stories the children of the city loved to
Repeat about the red-eyed
Assassin "Light's Monster
" they called it the footsteps
Emerged from the darkness of the
Alley and into the
Uneven glow of the flickering
Street lights joe stood
His hand loosening it's grip on the knife
It was a gray haired man
Joe was about to speak when the old man
Lifted a finger and pointed past him
Into the darkness joe turned to
See a single red light
Pulsing from the depths of
The alleyway behind him