A City Somewhere -

I used to be a fisherman

Until they took away my sea

I used to be a lover once

Until she went away from me

Now I only sail my sea in dreams

I’m kissing ghosts, it seems

The comfort of oblivion

Is where you’ll find me most

The rushing fields, the rushing waves

The simply joy of touch

Now hoping for another one

A reason to exist

A fleeting glance, a skyward slide

In unison we dance

Towards all the dreams of breathless joy

That leave you in a trance

In a city of ten million

I can’t find a single soul

No one to numb the loneliness

That tears a mortal hole

If I can make it through tonight

I know I’ll be okay

And so I hang on through the hours

Till the breaking of the day

I used to see in colour

Now I only see in grey

I used to have a purpose once

Until she went away

Maybe there’s another touch

Another smile that saves

Maybe I’ll find a sea

Maybe I’ll sail again

I used to believe in everything

Till they burned away the sky

I believed in all the golden dreams they sold Until they bled me dry

I loved the taste of innocence

Till they salted all the earth

The sweetness of a simple truth

Is now a saccharin joke

And I used to be the happy one

I used to feed on hope

Now I sit alone at night

And argue with these ghosts

In a city of ten million

I can’t find a single soul

No one to numb the loneliness

That tears a mortal hole

If I can make it through tonight

I know I’ll be okay

And so I hang on through the deadly hours

Till the breaking of the day

And a million pretty buildings

Can’t cure a lonely soul

And a million drinks and photographs

Can’t fill this empty hole

So I’m walking by the riverbank

And I’m counting every bridge

Trying to figure out what went wrong

How did I reach this place

Strangers through the restaurant windows

Holding each others hands

And I’m watching now as they speak a life

With a single loving glance

Spitting epithets at a wounded pride

I swallow hard

I turn the key to a silent room

Where all has died inside

I’m sitting naked in the darkness

Questioning my own skin

As I shake and fight the urge to collapse

And let the darkness win

In a city of ten million

I can’t find a single soul