[Intro]

[Intro] [Verse] The ghosts of gold days are drifting through the heavy fog I walk beneath the concrete ribs where iron shadows sprawl A silver coin falls silent in a dry and dusty well While every clock is ticking like a hammer in a cell [Verse] The laughter that we gathered once has turned to bitter salt A suitcase full of broken glass is all I have to halt The pavement keeps on stretching like a ribbon of regret Upon this hollow avenue where suns have never set [Chorus] Oh the city is a cavern built of cold and grey design Searching for a heartbeat in a tangled power line The treasure we were holding slipped away into the mud Leaving only winter moving slowly through the blood [Verse] A billboard shows a smiling face that neither speaks nor sees Above the tangled alleys and the dying balsa trees I stumble past the storefronts where the mannequins are blind To find the ghost of summer that we left so far behind [Verse] The oil stains upon the ground are rainbows in the dark But there is not a single spark within this frozen park I carry all the heavy years inside a folded coat With nothing but a heavy stone to keep the soul afloat [Pre-Chorus] The stairs are climbing nowhere and the lights are turning pale The wind is just a whistle on a lonesome rusty rail [Chorus] Oh the city is a cavern built of cold and grey design Searching for a heartbeat in a tangled power line The treasure we were holding slipped away into the mud Leaving only winter moving slowly through the blood [Chorus] Oh the city is a cavern built of cold and grey design Searching for a heartbeat in a tangled power line The treasure we were holding slipped away into the mud Leaving only winter moving slowly through the blood [Outro]