Intro
(Breathe)
Yellow vapor on the brick (brick)
Two a.m., watch it click (click)
(Let it spin)
Verse
Rain on the asphalt, steam from the grate
Two thirty-seven, I am rattling the gate (gate)
Sodium vapor humming sick overhead
Neon green smudge on a canvas of lead (lead)
Bruised on the knuckles, grease on the palm
City in a fever, never wanted the calm (calm)
Left turn, dead end, brick against bone
Echo off the dumpster makes a duplicate clone (clone)
Puddle full of diesel, rainbow in the grit
Looking at the skyline, never fitting it (never)
Sirens in the distance taking corners in the dark
Scraping on the rebar just to trigger a spark (spark)
Cobblestone broken like a row of bad teeth
Standing on the sewer with the venom underneath (underneath)
Clock hands spin till the numbers go flat
Stumbling the alley, yeah, I'm staying like that (like that)
Chorus
Down in the corridor, chewing on the rust (the rust)
Footprints fading in the yellow street dust (dust)
I don't know the exit and I don't wanna find it (find it)
Blind in the gutter, leave the daylight behind it (behind it)
Verse
Shattered green bottle like emeralds on stone
Walking through a tunnel where the circuit is blown (blown)
High-voltage rattle vibrating in my jaw
Chewing on the static and the scrape and the raw (raw)
Three forty-four, got the sweat on my shirt
Splatter on the denim, baptised in the dirt (dirt)
Stray dog growling at a crack in the wall
Catch me on the descent, proud of the fall (fall)
Which way is north when the compass is bent?
Crumpled little bills with a chemical scent (scent)
Steel fire escape where the iron pigeons roost
Running off the panic that I use for a boost (boost)
Blind corner snap, another slab in my face
Never felt at home in an orderly place (never)
Heavy wool collar smelling thick of the smoke
Laughing at the sirens like a private little joke (joke)
Chorus
Down in the corridor, chewing on the rust (the rust)
Footprints fading in the yellow street dust (dust)
I don't know the exit and I don't wanna find it (find it)
Blind in the gutter, leave the daylight behind it (behind it)
Bridge
Skyline is choking, the ceiling is tight (so tight)
Nothing looks familiar in the sodium light (the light)
No north, no south, no rescue brigade (none)
Silhouette twitching in an empty arcade (arcade)
Let the compass spin out, let the avenues break (break)
I am wide awake for the madness' sake (wake up)
Outro
Lost in the turn, proud of the stain (stain)
Down in the ditch, running the lane (lane)
Zero navigation (none)
Pure dislocation (pure)
Dark alley anthem (anthem)
Leave the gate shut.
