City Lights

I’m not over you
There’s nothing I can do
I am hoping and I am dreaming
I am desperate, I’m careening and I’m wrong
See I set my sights
On you and the city lights
I wanted your persistence
But you’re safer from a distance
With me not in your eyes
Slowly hypnotized me
Passed the point of reason
And my heart committed treason
I’ve been shaken down
Fighting you in vain
And I’ve got to get out
And live again
There were so many signs
That I thought power lines
Were there for my protection
And I wanted your affection
I thought you set me free
In all your mystery
But locked inside the grid
I’m exhausted and forbidden and I know
That I’ve got to run
You know everyone
The city streets are mean
And there’s no escaping clean
I’ve been shaken down
Fighting you in vain
And I’ve got to get out
And live again
I am guilty
In my weakness
Moments where you
Always find me
I’ve been shaken down
Fighting you in vain
And I’ve got to get out
And live again and live again