Light of Big Cities

I drift through shadows of forgotten towns
Neon lights flicker with spectral sounds
Haunted spires, ghosts of stories untold
Gritting my teeth, my soul grows cold

Lyle of the cities, beacons of pain
Leading me nowhere, again and again
From town to town, I drag my own doom
In the heart of the dark, I echo in the gloom

Silent streets greet broken dreams
Crusted leaves, life's cruel schemes
Each step I take through distant dust
Still I remain unwanted, unjust

Lyle of the cities, beacons of pain
Leading me nowhere, again and again
From town to town, I drag my own doom
In the heart of the dark, I echo in the gloom

Beneath the steel, beneath the stone
I lay myself, forever alone
A shadow beneath the pouring rain
Lyle of the cities, that will never remain

In alleys, drowned in silent cries
I search in vain with hollow eyes
For fragments of joy, for meaning, for a grave
But the city's light reveals no place

Lyle of the cities, frozen and bright
Of a blue solace, no end to the night
The glow is a cage, the warmth a lie
A mirror of pain beneath the sky

Lyle of the cities, beacons of pain
Leading me nowhere, again and again
From town to town, I carry the flame
Of my own sorrow, always the same