TEETH OF THE CITY

[Intro – Bass Ostinato] [Verse 1] The city put its teeth in me before I learned to bite. It fed me little promises and kept me up all night. It taught me how to hurry. It taught me how to pose. It taught me every price except the one nobody knows. There’s a camera in the lobby. There’s a salesman in the dream. There’s a little voice inside the phone that says: “Become what can be seen.” [Refrain] Teeth of the city, white in the dark. Teeth of the city, leaving their mark. Run if you want to. Sleep if you dare. The city has a mouth and everybody lives in there. [Verse 2] The rich man buys a rooftop so he never sees the street. The poor man sells his hours to afford a place to sleep. The artist sells rebellion. The rebel sells a shoe. The preacher sells forgiveness with a monthly payment due. I saw a child on the subway drawing windows on the wall. Maybe she had understood it: we don’t need a higher ladder. We need somewhere else to fall. [Refrain] Teeth of the city, bright as a screen. Teeth of the city, keeping us clean. Work till you vanish. Smile when you bleed. The city doesn’t hate you. The city only feeds. [Breakdown – Piano, Drums and Voice] Wake. Work. Want. Buy. Speak. Scroll. Sleep. Die. Wake. Work. Want. Buy. Tell me which one means alive. [Short Wild Guitar Solo] [Final Refrain] Teeth of the city, I know your design. You keep eating people then blaming their appetite. Teeth of the city, open up wide. I’m not leaving quietly. I’m leaving from the inside. [Hard Stop]