Mirage City

There's a place I wanna go 'Cause my ma and pa, they fight at home And though my feet may never grace the sand It helps to give me hope Where the waters flow superluminally And where tachyons light heavenly Where Change plays her superstrings They call it M.C What would it mean to be a beam traveling like lightning? Across cosmic ravine and to the city I have seen In the nazar of my eye, the skyline At once dead and alive To see that picture in my mind Pull focus on the lens of time Waves crashing down like a lion pride roar Beyond the break, a heavenly haven shimmers in the open water The fortune-teller never predicted this in her crystal ball Is that a city drifting from afar or a reflection mirage? In the mirror ripples, I get lost Wondering 'bout my ma and pa and the little town where I'm from If only I could swim or sail across To the Mirage City where my prayers are answered by the Lord I can't wait to leave this nightmare behind I see it so clearly now, you're springtime, and I'm ice So I'll leave you with a message that I wrote (it says:) "Your shadow ain't burnt into my soul anymore" So I follow the crow (blood on the road) And the prey of eagles (chained to my throat) I am suffering no more But it's just a mirage in the wind disappearing So I build my own Chimera and face up to it's hate I'm sick of being a scared little cunt that sleeps through all my dreams I'm done with this city and the hurt that it's caused Reflection on the back of my shirt I'm done treading water in the sea of doubt I ain't a backpacker caught in a rip, yeah I die if I stay here, reborn if I leave It's time for me to say goodbye to Mirage City