Single File

Wake up to a world overcast in concrete skies Where the smell of exhaust is a factor in people's daily lives You elevate to earn yourself the status Then walk home alone at the end of the day in single file Hard to come to terms with how they do it When the streets are lined with houses, you can't live in Meagre sleep to spend time in tall buildings In front of scrolling numbers on computer screens All her friends stay logged into the system In fear of what would go down if they tried to hide Hard to come to terms with how they do it When the air is formed of things that you can't breathe in Scan the streets in search of something better I've been here since I can remember Hard to come to terms with all the consequence at stake To stay there She'd lie awake for hours, dreaming up a better place Where maybe Hard to come to terms with all the effort that it takes To stay here She'd lie awake for hours, thinking of another way My Lady, you're gone It's done My mind is racing, but I can't feel my head This world an island, isolated conscience buried in the sand Sleeping The blurry memories, they come as they go So hard to focus when the city watches everything you do And stops you from dreaming I'm leaving soon