Dreams of an ancient city
Collapsed in darkest light
Seen by those who witness
The beauty in our sight
The cold ambient welcome
From dissolution’s heir
Fixated on our silence
As this city starts to stare
We hold to all our reason
We focus all our will
But danger seeps toward us
Holding our hearts still
Draining all my patience
Seperating friends
I wake into this nightmare
In a horror that won’t end
A flicker of remembrance
A daydream I forget
In the corner of perception
I see the darkness set
In my dreams this city greets me
I scream until it fades
And in wakefulness I’m poisoned
What did the city say?
An ancient creature stalks me
Threatening my worth
This monster keeps me silent
In a city we call Earth
In the city of concrete
Morbid soul and brazen mind
Silence is kind loud
Voice seem stifle
In the city of glass
Heart is shatter
Love so brittle
Lust all that matter
In the city of great men’s statue
Triumph insanity and fails pity
Chase of void hope
Vain pride to cope
In the city of high education
Pupil prides in knowledge
Success is the notion
Humility barely mention
In the city close to skies
For youth to conquer
Alas! Smoking they flatter
Bargain life with mind clutter
In the city of bright night
Amid dark misery and plight
In quest of limelight
People lost life insight
In the city of democracy
Those provoke liberty
Subtle unwind equality
Minority decry atrocity
Always there grows a city
With false etiquette
Claim same old story
To establish peace and morality
...raHUL
Oh, city of despair
Come live here
Where opportunities abound
In the streets they can be found
No jobs to pull you down
Just a place to hang around
Come live here
Oh, city of despair
Chase this bullet from my gun
I sure hope you're having fun
Let's light-up the morning sky
Before the sun gives it a try
Where opportunies abound
In the streets they can be found
Oh, city of despair
Come live here
There is no need to get ahead
Social cancers claims our dead
It's no place for open choices
Pure rage drives our inner voices
Leaders built this prison city
before the laws were ever broken
Throw us pennies from their coffers
They don't hear a single word we've spoken
Our institutions are overcrowded
Our numbers growing country-wide
Soon every city will be exploding
and you'll still be asking; "Why?"
The answer is quite simple
We are sure you see it clear
'Where?' you invite
In any City of Despair
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