My City
by Darth Nihlus
Lyrics
Intro
My city
My city
Cold teeth
Cold steel
Verse 1
I was made in the cracks
Where the drains sing back
Boots on the curb
And the curb talk smack
I seen faces go blank
On the same old block
Hands in the coat
When the whole world stop
Eyes like screws
Turn slow in the dark
Every smile got a code
Every hug got a mark
I don’t sleep much
I just stare at the wall
Hear the pipe in the ceiling
Like it knows it all
Pre-Chorus
They crawl when I move
They freeze when I breathe
Something in my chest
Got a hold of me
Say my name soft
Then say it again
Like the room went wrong
And it never was men
Chorus
My city, my city
It swallowed my face
My city, my city
Left bones in place
My city, my city
It taught me the cold
My city, my city
Don’t let go
Verse 2
I talk to the mirror
It don’t answer right
Just a mouth full of sparks
And a stare that bites
Whole block gone mute
When the sirens hit
Every door lock tight
Like they pray in it
I can feel the pulse
In the iron gate
Like a living thing
That just learned hate
They want clean words
I got rust on mine
I was built from the noise
Of a broken line
Hands get twitchy
When I step in view
Like a bad dream came
And it picked them too
Pre-Chorus
They crawl when I move
They freeze when I breathe
Something in my chest
Got a hold of me
Say my name soft
Then say it again
Like the room went wrong
And it never was men
Chorus
My city, my city
It swallowed my face
My city, my city
Left bones in place
My city, my city
It taught me the cold
My city, my city
Don’t let go
Bridge
Breakdown
Hands in the static
I hear them call
Little black halos
Lining the wall
No mercy left
Just the taste of wire
I was born in a storm
That don’t expire
Verse 3
Now the night got a pulse
And it moves like me
Same dead stare
Same hunger teeth
I don’t run from the shape
In the back of my mind
It been walking my steps
Every single time
If I break, let it break
Let the pieces ring
Let the whole block know
What the deep dark brings
I’m the voice in the vent
I’m the knock in the frame
I’m the thing that stays
When they all say my name
Chorus
My city, my city
It swallowed my face
My city, my city
Left bones in place
My city, my city
It taught me the cold
My city, my city
Don’t let go
Breakdown
My city
My city
Say it
Say it
Outro
Cold teeth
Cold steel
My city
Still here